[montanajoe]

I'll ask you pal have you been to the Middle East, Southeast Asia, South America and if so did you get out of the “lavish” US bases and into the field where the various branches of Al Qaeda operate and are becoming stronger by the year.

The force structure can be modified and mission assignments changed for more efficiency no doubt, but claiming the defense budget can be cut in half by doing away with the lavishness in the existing budget is just silly. The type of silliness that I predict will prevent most conservatives from voting for a Libertarian.

If Rand is a Conservative he deserves consideration but if he is a disciple of his father, and the fact that many of the folks defending him appear to subscribe to the beliefs of his father then I wont and cant support him....

[Timber Rattler]

I'll ask you pal have you been to the Middle East, Southeast Asia, South America and if so did you get out of the “lavish” US bases and into the field where the various branches of Al Qaeda operate and are becoming stronger by the year.

The answer is YES, I've seen it all, so don't even go there.

...but claiming the defense budget can be cut in half by doing away with the lavishness in the existing budget is just silly.

Again, you don't know what you're talking about.

If Rand is a Conservative he deserves consideration but if he is a disciple of his father, and the fact that many of the folks defending him appear to subscribe to the beliefs of his father then I wont and cant support him....

Good luck with Christie or Jeb then.