Big Al still couldn't afford one of these!

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Originally Posted by firstdown

When a country makes a landing on another nation that actually has the means to fight back its never going to be by surprise. Yes we have done so to smaller nations but thats only because they did not have the army to really fight back a landing. Like I said earlier I think we could reduce our spending on the military by just cutting waist.

I can't cut my own waist, let alone sifting through the military bureaucracy to pin down what is waste and what is not. The way to trim govt is to take projects out of its hands. We don't need a leaner meaner govt approach, we need a Lap band surgical approach, cut it out, and make the system adjust to less demand.

Here is a good article on potential savings by trimming waste in the Defense budget.
Defense Spending « The Harvard Political Review
I don't think 25% is realistic by cutting waste only.