not to mention a beefed-up intelligence program.
The above military brought down the Soviet empire, bombed Libya into shutting the fuck up.
21% ain't shit if you don't have the folks to do it and slashing folks from the military ain't helping.
These people that lived off mommy's teet during that time don't realize that military spending includes intelligence.
Clinton gutted not only the military, but the intelligence community. It is one of the biggest reasons we ended up going into Iraq. We did not have ANY intelligence on the ground. It had all been cut. It wasn't needed. We are a peaceful planet.
Look at history and when we are at our strongest, we do not need to go to war. Detente is a helluva thing.