there is a difference between increasing the # of troops and decreasing the # of no bid contracts

[LSK]

The pentagon's budget isn't dominated by having X amount of troops, it is dominated by the black hole going to "classified" operations, projects and defense contractors being given no bid contracts at outrageous prices.

[knowbody0]

1. absolutely

Right now Barack is going through everything line by line. Big changes.

[thunder rising]

2. Agreed! Let the GIs be GIs first then decide what they need in support. Right now anything but

guard duty is privatized. Get rid of the mercenaries and support contractors and I think costs will go down immediately.

The US Army used to be self-supporting, but anymore if a GI takes shit, a contractor hands them the toilet paper.