Sorry you don't see faith. I do, at every single turn. Politics is politics, and many things, such as the makeup of budgets, is irrelevant in the long run.
The war we are now fighting would NOT be substantially helped by throwing more money at the military. Rumsfeld himself said we did not need the Crusader, a bloated, massive (slow) artillery piece that did NOT give substiantial improvement over what we have, and will be WAY below what we will have.
But don't hold your breath waiting on Bush to "reap a whirlwind."
Rumsfeld was also shocked when Bush failed to deliver on his campaign promises to increase the defense budget. He had to cover for him too. He was also opposed and continues to oppose quietly, so as not to appear openly insubordinate, of the insane Moscow Treaty. And he does it in coy ways. Like just flagrantly saying 'well now we trust the Russians' ... even though we have no good reason to trust their NUCLEAR intentions and their capabilities which they continue to refine, and proliferate, are still dangerous FIRST-STRIKE threats even if the country was headed by Pope Paul. And with the SS-18 and Mirv decisions, they have more or less openly said they are disregarding the Moscow Treaty that GWB wants signed so badly.