I don't imagine that Congress will agree to this cut. I'm more concerned about the cuts that have already happened to the Navy ships and the Air Force, along with what's been going on in the officer and NCO ranks of all the services.

But I can't help but come back to, we'd be a lot better off as a country if we stopped these unending police actions throughout the world. We've lost a lot of young men and money and Iraq and Afghanistan are in worse shape than when we went in.

The founding fathers had the same arguments among themselves as we face today. The Federalists wanted a strong central government with some (Adams, Hamilton, etc.) wanting to make a deal with England for reestablishment of a Monarchy, either with King George on better terms or a relative. The Republicans (Jefferson, Monroe, etc.) wanted a weak Federal government with a lot of latitude given to the states. The question of any standing army at all was very central to the issue. Washington knew that England was temporarily distracted elsewhere and that the was was not over and would be resumed. Also, Washington's military side remembered how hard it was to get the individual colonies to pay for his army favored a Federal government with enough power to maintain a military but being a Virginian, he never seemed to fully adopt the Federalist side. One strategy was to get Washington to be King but he refused leading King George to say he must be the greatest man in the world to resist the temptation to take it as a reward for all that he had given.
Europe, including England, Spain and France continued to make trouble for the Colonies at the frontier and England was suspected in encouraging the Barbary Coast Pirates to attack American ships in the Mediterranean. The difference in Washington's desire for an strong military force was to defend the individual rights of the citizens of the new Republic. Luckily, that was a large enough task for that great man and he did not have to run all over the globe searching for opportunities to spread democracy to all the citizens of the planet. The example of the United States and its success was once what it took for that task, not drones or boots on the ground.

I think it may be time to withdraw our troops from Germany and Japan. Some would argue they are there in case trouble breaks out in the region. If it does its more in their interest to address it. We don't always have to be involved. I think we could have a smaller military but it has to be done right.

These guys really like their drones. I guess they figure we don't need troops as long as we have drones. I'm not sure what the best course of action is but I have very little confidence in this administration to do what is best for the US.