Id take 10 SEALs or other highly trained and specialized forces over 100 regular soldiers. Any day. That, to me, is a smarter investment than training, feeding, housing, and enlisting a standing army. Im no General, but that has been the trend over the past 40 years. So why is now the time and place to draw battle lines and increase military spending?
Also, smarter spending means better accountability of funds. Read any of the links in this thread (
http://tigerboard.com/boards/view.php?message=14689519) about wasted and missing funds. But no, it must be a nebulous concept, amirite?
Concerning Russia: so we are currently at the breaking point? If we spend even a dollar less on our military, Russia will pounce? Come on, man. We outspend them 10:1. Why is now the time? What if it were 5:1? Would they nuke us? LOL. The strength of our nation is with our allies, too. NATO is important for that reason alone. If we cut our defense spending in half, we would still have the support of all of our allies and we would still be spending the most of any country in the world.