I agree .. ALL the congress critters/senators/presidents are TOO afraid of being called what they are actually all ready called ...Obama this year increased the military budget and yet I have seen on ihub ..the meme - "He is gutting the military" .. (brilliant just brilliant NOT) .. .. the way I see it is this - WHEN & IF the people joined together (dem/repub) the politician would listen and begin to get serious about cutting 'defense spending' .. HOWEVER, as long as they are called Traitor ! Cowardly ! Soft on defense! etc.. etc....there will never be progress on this most obvious place to begin. Cutting military spending.
At this particular time .. we do have the 'job factor' to consider..but, There will always be a reason & an excuse, imo.