[Torie]

There must have been some high tech military toys developed during Clinton's watch, which is really the key frankly in giving the US the ability to win wars without much blood. It may not be due to anything Clinton did, but it was under his watch. Give him his due, or at least his watch.

[jhofmann]

The only reason anything happened military-wise during Clinton's "watch" was because he was afraid of the military and afraid that any perception that he was anti-military in a post-Gulf War America would affect his standing in the polls. Where he could, Clinton and his adminstration and his wife did everything they could to undermine the military. All three of his SecDefs were compromised pygmies compared to Rumsfeld.

I agree with what you said but I do not think Clinton wanted nor had anything in the R&D investment made during his administration. So, I won't give this bastard his due.

[KeyWest]

Most high tech "toys" have a startup of tens of years from concept to deployment. So most of what you see now actually started during Reagan/Bush. There was a slowing during Clinton as he siphoned off money from defense. All the cuts in government spending during Clinton was from Defense.

[jwalsh07]

Technology marches on but we are 400,000 grunts and scads of airlift and seaborne capability short of a full deck. And despite what Rummy says for public consumption, we are not currently capable of fighting two conventional wars.

Conventional being the key there.