[paladin1_dcs]

I wasn’t aware that he had that done. I’m losing more and more respect for that man, especially as I learn more about what he did under Bush 41 to gut the Navy.

[lentulusgracchus]

Remember that it was all Bush's doing, and that he had major reductions to Reagan's military in hand before either Saddam showed his hand or the Soviet Union ceased to be a threat.

The Yacht Club Wing of the GOP have always been wooden-gun defense-haters. They scream and yell about anything that raises their taxes -- even a DoD big enough to keep them from being executed by Soviet or Chinese purge teams.

Here is their take on defense and social problems:

They're rich, they're out of the rain, and

THEY. JUST. DON'T. CARE.

Unless, of course, it's about access capitalism.