[quote=briansd1]pri_dk, thank your from bringing this issue to the fore.

Before of my liberal leanings, had I posted something like this people would have labeled me un-American.

We are providing defense welfare to the Europeans, Japanese, Koreans and Taiwanese. We are the policemen of the world and we are sending our men and women to die abroad. For what?

I agree that our military spending is ridiculous. If we don’t watch it will spend ourselves to the poor house.

I too am glad that Robert Gates had a clue.[/quote]

Brian: Why don’t you send an open letter to your guy, Obama, and point out the same things? After all, he just instituted the largest defense budget in the history of the Republic.