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Wednesday, February 9, 2011

re: "Defense Budget Cuts"

James Joyner at Outside the Beltway ("an online journal of politics and foreign affairs analysis") takes Stephanie Guttman to school, batting her "low-hanging fruit" out of the park.

Money quote(s):

"(M)ost of the low hanging fruit has been plucked at this point. The only way to achieve real savings is to cut back on the operational tempo. If we expect our military to be able to deploy anywhere, any time and stay for years on end performing counterinsurgency or stability operations, then we’re going to have to expect to continue pouring absurd amounts of money into Defense."


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