“Pentagon now preparing for massive cuts as fiscal negotiations appear stalled”
Considering the direction in which the military has been going during the last four years — women on submarines, gay marriage at West Point, and probably much more — I’d just as soon see the military “cut back” for now.
Put things on ice for the next four years. This assumes that at some point in the near-distant future, the Republicans will regain control over the government, and then restore the military to a “pre-Obama status quo”. That’s what I’d -like- to believe, but I’m not optimistic that that’s actually going to happen...
World events will likely overtake any of that, and all too soon. We have a world headed toward global conflict in the not distant future - so it is not a time to scale back our military.
Actually a pre-clinton status quo.
Total ban on gays
Return to pre-1992 troop / equipment levels.