I do not know how any American can be satisified that our military spending should either remain status quo or be reduced.

As aptly pointed out much of our equipment is outdated and /or need of repair.

Mostly our military needs to purchase the latest innovations to keep us ahead of those whom would oppose America. (More on that below)

Our volunteer military needs to be adquately funded while serving and if disabled be given the medical care they need. If we cannot afford to keep this force properly cared for we will have to return to the draft. Personally I am for the draft because far too many of our young people are too disengaged( i.e. a meaning let George do it attittide")

I believe Obama has made a mess of our foreign policy beginning with reneaging on the missle defense system in Poland, with underestimating Russia. He has made enemies of our friends and friends of our enemies. His time table in Afgan and Iraq are ill conceived. While we lost 4,000+ troops over these last ten years. Yet we lost 26,000 troops in Korea and have had a contingent of 36,000 soldiers to protect our interests and that of our allies in that part of the world for 60 years and rightly so given threats from N Korea and China It will all be for naught if we leave only 4000 troops in those two middle east countries. I also believe he lost many opportunities within the Arab Spring .

Time will tell how costly his mistakes will be. Pray breathen that I am wrong

No other country can defend democracy better than America because we will not allow anyone to take our freedom from us and so in the long run we always move in our best interests That is the reality of our world situation. We have all learned that with freedom come cost and sacriface



So we will need to have a strong and updated military defense. Of course I do believe that any Administration should have controls to prevent fraud and abuse