I could cut the military budget by 20% without even trying and without hurting readiness
lol.. Didn't you hear the military just cut out the light at the end of the tunnel because they couldn't afford it anymore.
We were just cut out of a big military training excercise because of guess what ...$$$. To be ready you have to be trained and training isnt cheap when you have to build a training area up from nothing on the ground to a livable and operational area. They said they couldnt afford the training for the kinds of things we have to do in wartime.
Remember Dubyah when he was campaining for the 200 election...
Didn't he say we needed to stop being the police man for the world and was committed and that he would bring the troops home? We all know how that turned out.
If you make a checklist of what the winners promised in 2000 and 2004 you would see some of the goals were not very realistic. I suspect that Mr. Obama might say he wants to cut the military as a candidate but when he learns the facts if elected you will probably hear a different tune. The president isnt a dictator, He may want a reduced military but Congress and events can always tell him no.