W.J. Astore It’s not a new idea Also at TomDispatch.com. In an age when American presidents routinely boast of having the world’s finest military, where nearly trillion-dollar war budgets are now a new version of routine, let me bring up one vitally important but seldom mentioned fact: making major cuts to military spending would increase U.S. national security. Why? Because real national security can … Continue reading Cutting the Pentagon Down to Size