Rand = Total Hogwash. They somehow know that spending $750 billion annually just isn’t enough, but $774 Billion would be? This study implies massive waste in US defense spending, if the US can’t beat countries that spend a tiny percentage of what we do. Either fix the gaps by repurposing 3% out of the vast amount of waste and theft, or cut the defense budget by 80% if we are going to lose anyway. We can go back to triumphing over Grenada.
There is massive waste in US defense spending. It's inside the expanded DC beltway spending. And that was done to buy everyone off so that Bush could get a consensus to invade Iraq. It's the deal that has brought down the US. For every fed or military employee in the Pentagon there is at least one and possibly three support service contractor coat holder and power point presentation specialist.
The consequence - a massive ripoff of the American taxpayer spent inside the DC metro area, and total utter incompetence at a level that rivals the worst corrupt third world dictatorship you have ever seen. The Republicans like it because of the money that goes to cronies. The Democrats like it because it is defense dollars that goes to jobs and not lethality.
I hope everyone gets it how those two GOPee clowns destroyed the United States.