tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851578517872251953.post1767498991694518703..comments2023-10-10T05:07:13.577-07:00Comments on En Tequila Es Verdad: Lean, Mean Defense MachineDana Hunterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00890312745525306991noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851578517872251953.post-40365215777053922962008-11-10T12:38:00.000-08:002008-11-10T12:38:00.000-08:00Cutting back the missile defense budget sounds lik...Cutting back the missile defense budget sounds like a good idea, assuming Congress goes along with it. There's every reason to believe it won't, since the military always makes sure that things this controversial are spread into the districts of many prominent congresspeople.<BR/><BR/>As for the the "energy security" post, my reaction is "Huh?" Energy security, real security, is a domestic security issue. Except for escorting oil tankers and protecting offshore oil rigs, I'm hard pressed to think of anything the DoD could legitimately do in the way of energy security. The Iraq War is a form of energy security as done by the DoD, and that's not going too well.<BR/><BR/>This says nothing of the difficulties of the organizational relationships. Will it be another theatre command? If so, it will be expensive. Will it have its own units, or will it draw from the pool? Will it end up being another agency that issues reports no one reads? Hang around the DoD long enough, and you get cynical about these things.<BR/><BR/>It's good that they're rethinking defense strategy, but so far I haven't seen anything particularly useful come out of that thought process. How about cutting out more of the useless cruft? How about thinking about how large the Army and Navy need to be to accomplish their missions in the next couple of decades? Maybe we ought to think about not starting another expensive arms race.Cujo359https://www.blogger.com/profile/10385213658828021737noreply@blogger.com