No, CJ didn't back it up. "
I guess I missed the nuance. Both your document and mine showed a peak in 1986, and a decline afterwards. Now who was president in 1986? Oh yeah. Reagan. Bush I was in office from 1988 through 1992. Using your document, you see a decline of 170,000 in the army from 1986 to 1992. From 1992 to 1998, there is a decline of another 130,000. True, percentage wise is was more for the latter 6 years, but it is clear that the military downsizing starting under Reagan and accelerated under Bush. The single biggest drop was of 100,000 from 1991 to 1992 and that was under Bush.
Why do you insist on upsetting neo harris? For years, he has believed that Clinton gutted the military and it has made him very happy. Now you come along and point out that the gutting started under his hero, R. Reagan, and continued in earnest under Bush I. Do you realize how many fantasies you have destroyed in one fell swoop with your ugly, ugly facts? Do you have no shame, CJ? |
