mydethegiblets:religiousragings:cynicalxme:sugashane:The notion that if we cut our defense budget by
mydethegiblets:religiousragings:cynicalxme:sugashane:The notion that if we cut our defense budget by as little as 10%, we’d be completely defenseless and prone to disaster is ridiculous. We could cut our defense budget by 75% (nearly $500 billion!) and we’d still spend more than our two biggest threats combined; Russia & China.Can we plaster this graph all over the news, and billboards, pls?thx.And the notion that we need to INCREASE our defense budget by two trillion when the DOD isn’t even asking for it is even more ludicrous. -- source link