I spent 26 years, in the Military, do YOU have any idea, how much our current Military, has been cut since Ronald Reagan left office.....I agree that armies have a purpose, but do we really need one as big as ours even in peace time? The US has the world's first AND second largest Air Forces. We have, what, seven aircraft carriers? Is all that really necessary?
Also, would it be so bad if some of the money spend on these wars would have been spent on medical research or tuition assistance or infrastructure or NASA? The bill for the Iraq War alone is around $1.2 trillion. If you add in estimations for long term veteran care, I've seen estimations of $6 trillion. Surely that money could be better spent elsewhere. Or better yet for fiscal conservatives, wouldn't it be nice to have a surplus for a change?
Indiana lost BOTH of our Active Duty bases..... Ft. Ben., right here in Indy, and Grissom, in Peru, is now an Air Reserve.... When I get my Retirement, I was promised a LIFETIME, of FREE healthcare, for serving my country, now what do I get ?????