-PJ
Sorry but President Bush I began cutting the military due to the cold war ending...see below. Of course I was in the military under Bush and we had personnel cuts, defense cuts, base closures etc.
Bush, an experienced diplomat who knew every major figure in the world, built a strong foreign policy team around trusted long-times associates James Baker as Secretary of State, and Brent Scowcroft as National Security Advisor, along with Colin Powell as chairman of the Joint Chiefs and Dick Cheney as Secretary of Defense.[1] The Berlin Wall fell in November, 1989, and in a matter of days all the Soviet satellites had revolted and proclaimed solidarity with the West. West Germany absorbed East Germany, and sent large sums to Moscow to stabilize Mikhail Gorbachev’s regime. Bush gave moral support (but no money) to prop up Gorbachev’s faltering regime, but it too fell in 1991 as Communism disappeared in Russia and the Cold War ended in American victory. There were no parades or ceremonies as Bush downplayed the event, fearing a Russian reaction. Soviet sponsored insurrections in the Third World all dried up as well. Welcoming the collapse of the entire Soviet bloc, Bush sharply cut the military budget, while continuing long-range research into Star Wars.
Yes, the leftists will strive to save every penny they can on unimportant things like the military, but they’ll force you to wear a seat-belt. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure to them, as long as it suits their priorities. Unfortunately, the military has never been one of their priorities.