Wasn’t it because of the Clinton defense spending cutbacks that our troops didn’t have enough body armor and reinforced vehicles? Didn’t Clinton spend the “peace dividend” (after the end of the Cold War) and neglect the military? Didn’t he reduce the size of our forces, so that we became stretched thin with our involvement in Iraq?
...because of the Clinton defense spending cutbacks that our troops didn’t have enough body armor and reinforced vehicles? Didn’t Clinton spend the “peace dividend” (after the end of the Cold War) and neglect the military? Didn’t he reduce the size of our forces, so that we became stretched thin with our involvement in Iraq? No question about it. And, as I recall, we didn't get a tax cut with the "peace dividend", either.
So, he's hardly in a position to complain about "no tax hike" when the military had to be re-equipped.