We’ve Heard This Rhetoric on Defense Spending Before
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In his February 24, Address to Joint Session of Congress, President Barack Obama promised to “reform our defense budget so that we’re not paying for Cold War-era weapons systems we don’t use.” In the DC Examiner, Heritage senior fellow James Carafano wonders that means:
All the “Cold War” weapons still in the Pentagon’s inventory—tanks, planes, ships—are already bought and paid for. And they are still in use—from aircraft carriers to cruise missiles. Scrap them, and you’ll have to replace them.
Every system that we are buying now or plan to buy has been justified over the last 20 years by Democratic and Republican presidents and funded by Democratic and Republican Congresses based on “future requirements” not refighting the last war. (more…)