Okay, Gates wants to cut the Pentagon budget. That's good news but it has to be tempered by the fact that this year's budget will be up over last year's. Plus, the cuts amount to only $78 billion and are spread over 5 years. That's only 14% of one year's non-war budget; it's less than 3% of the Pentagon budget which does not include our adventures in Iraq and Afghanistan. On the very next day after Gates' announcement we learn that more troops are being sent to Afghanistan.
We're still outspending everybody else combined - and by a wide margin
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