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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: unclewest who wrote (10939)11/20/2001 5:07:12 PM
From: KyrosL  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
OT You are forgetting that the Republican controlled Congress and the military leadership went along and even initiated many of the cuts -- the defense secretary was even a Republican. You are forgetting that our present forces are doing a pretty good job fighting conventional wars. And, finally, you are forgetting that all the extra air force wings, nuclear weapons etc. etc. would have been completely useless against bin Laden.

The kind of spending needed to face the new enemy is much different than the one that was, very wisely, cut during the Clinton years. The fact that we are not burdened by all the extra, largely useless, hardware and personnel is a big advantage in the new world: we now have the money to spend where it is really needed: special forces and intelligence.
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