Cut the Military by 10%...

[Victor_c3]

12. 10% would be a drop in the bucket to DOD spending

I remember that in 2004 the military budged was roughly $420 billion dollars. I think the current budget is over $700 billion. We are due for some huge cuts.

The "modernization" programs that are being pursued just aren't necessary. The types of conflicts we have been fighting are against militaries that are equipped with, at best, 1970s era soviet weapons. There is a huge capabilities difference between what I had in 2004 when I was in Iraq and the weapons (or what was left of them) that the Iraqi military had. The difference between my equipment in 2004 and what they are using in 2012 is equally staggering. Any military that could compete with us in any fashion on the battlefield belongs to a country that is so tied to us financially and economically that the last thing they would ever consider doing is fighting a war against us. could you imagine a China declaring war on us? Where would they sell their manufactured goods?

Most of the burned out tank and armored vehicle hulks that I saw were from the 1960s or earlier. You wouldn't believe the number of T54/55 tanks (tanks from 1950s) that I saw burned out and laying around.

We just don't need to keep spending money on our military like we do!