Military spending long has been the preferred target when politicians try to explain where the funds will come from for the vastly increased domestic/social spending programs that they promise.  “We spend far too much on defense; all the money we need to pay for my incredible life-altering initiatives is right there.” This contention is demonstrably false. The country’s military budget is anything but “bloated.” Factual historical records show that during the periods of WWII (1941-45), Korea (1950-53), Vietnam (1966-75), the Reagan-era military rebuilding that bankrupted the Soviet Union (1982-87) to the Gulf/Iraq wars/The Surge (2003-07), American military spending was far higher than today, both as a percentage of the federal budget and as a percentage of GDP. But, are we wisely spending this reduced amount of money on the military, in a manner that best fits how we use our military today and how we’ll likely use it in the foreseeable...(Read Full Article)