[ifinnegan]

Cutting military and defense spending, being pushed and achieved by Obama and Dems, is what this article is about, arguing against it.

[Colonel Kangaroo]

Kristol does mention maintaining defenses, but he also speaks of shouldering responsibilities which is neoconspeak for the responsibility to maintain an acceptable flow of American blood.

"So American war-weariness isn’t new. Using it as an excuse to avoid maintaining our defenses or shouldering our responsibilities isn’t new, either. But that doesn’t make it admirable."