Supporting the troops is not the same thing as giving the military, or the president, all the money that it wants. I believe that the great majority of people in the US military are good people, but I believe that they are being obscenely misused in the occupation of Iraq.
On a related point, I believe that the military budget should be cut. Unfortunately, the way in which it should be cut requires a finesse that will most likely be unobtainable. Specifically, significant portions of the outlays for new advanced weapons systems should be cut, and those systems cancelled, and much of that money reallocated for things like training and ammunition. The F-22 is an obscene waste of money as are aircraft carrier groups, F-18s, Seawolf submarines, the V-22, the Harrier, the B-2 . . . .
The aforementioned will never happen, alas.
Posted by Alan at 17.02.07 14:51