While I will agree that our enemies will stay, there is no exscuse to continue on the antiquated build up phase that we’ve been in for the past 65 years. Is there really a reason to have 40 bases in Germany? or 20 in South Korea? Maybe one in each of those countries to provide a jumping ground for theatre operations, but we have bases everywhere for no good reason other than we were there once and decided to stay. Its a massive waste of money and resources that could be re allocated to better weapons, lighter armor systems, or more advanced security systems. Instead the military spends its money on rent payments, COLA, and god knows what else to house soldiers in a country that doesn’t want them there for no good reason. Forcing the military to restructure and cut costs is not a bad thing. They are not saints, they wastes millions of dollars on useless crap. And remember, its hard to fight a war when you have no money and no one wants to lend it to you anymore.