Pentagon budget set to shrink next year

[ProSense]

4. Right,

Total military spending, including $115 billion for the war in Afghanistan and recently-ended conflict in Iraq, totaled $646 billion this year, up from $310 billion in 2001.

...last year was 2001.

I also love the reference to 2017 spending and not the entire decade, which shows spending decreasing by 4 percent. It's not a five-year plan, it's a decade. From the link provided:



Oh, and why ignore sequestration? Frankly, that presumes that there will be a tax deal, and one that involves no defense cuts.

Cutting $500 billion to $1 trillion over a decade is a cut, regardless of how one spins it.

A one percent decrease is a decrease.