How can the CSBA trim the Pentagon budget while we are at war and fighting terrorism?
America can save about $60 billion by trimming waste from the military budget—without putting our troops at risk or diminishing our ability to fight extremists or terrorists in any way whatsoever. (The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are funded in a separate supplemental—not from the annual defense budget.) Most of the savings come from cutting weapons originally designed to achieve military superiority over the defunct Soviet Union. Astonishingly, these weapons programs—like the $300 million FA/22 Fight Jet—have survived both the end of the Cold War and the Pentagon’s new focus on terrorism. And they have no real value in today’s national security environment.
