[gipper81]

I agree. Even though our military spending on a %GDP basis is nowhere near what it was in the 1980s, it still was enough to save Kuwait.

[bonesmccoy]

The other problem with his op/ed is that he compares our military budget to other middle eastern nations.

Straight comparisons are not appropriate. After all, our military is deployed in many nations... we have many hot and cold fronts... so naturally our budget is higher... we have to protect ourselves from the entire planet!