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I’m surprised by Buchanan’s treatise to Surrender Monkeys.

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Yet, since Y2K, the cost of military personnel has doubled, while the number of those on active duty has fallen by 10 percent.

It has been 14 years since Y2K, Pat. First, inflation by the CPI has been 40%. Second, military pay was behind what it should be, so they gave raises throughout to help military pay catch up with civilian counterparts.

Third, where's the data on how much R&D, procurement, operations, etc., have gone up. One normally provides the comparison when writing an honest article.

Fourth, either have the pay competitive or run a military without career members.