I don’t know that we will get creamed, but the constant shrinking, thinning and aging of our forces concerns me. It has been so long since we lost a war, that we take our military superiority (especially air supremacy) for granted. Everyone is concerned with entitlements—almost no one is concerned about military threats anymore. I’m sure Rome had a similar viewpoint in 390 AD.
My original point is that looking at the $$ we spend on defense is a bad metric. The critical thing is what we get for that $$. And I would contend we’re not getting nearly what we should. It could be we have something up our sleeve, but I doubt it. I’m a retired AF officer who has been out of the game for quite a while, so I have no special insight anymore.
We are now a hollow force, and Congress does not care. Obama never cared.
I am not an eloquent man, I don't know how else to say that. But, it is the truth.