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7/11/2025, 11:25:29 PM
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>Really? I pretty sure that was one of the cornerstones of their argument.
You would think. But in practice the political figures actually buddying up with the reformers and giving them time in congress tended to be major advocates of reversing the Carter and Reagan defense spending increases. The people in favor of the budget increases tended to side with the Pentagon on the high tech weapon systems.
https://www.nytimes.com/1984/02/23/us/the-speech-gary-hart-let-us-choose-a-new-path.html
>We need to replace our reliance on nuclear arms with a conventional military that can deter the battles of the future, not one that can replay World War II.
>That's why I have pioneered the military reform movement, to rebuild our conventional forces. We need more simple, reliable and affordable weapons - not more $2 billion supercarriers. We need new strategies based on out-thinking our possible opponents, not just overpowering them.
>My military reform proposals can accomplish this - can give us a more effective military - while cutting the Reagan defense budget by more than $100 billion over the next five years.
>Really? I pretty sure that was one of the cornerstones of their argument.
You would think. But in practice the political figures actually buddying up with the reformers and giving them time in congress tended to be major advocates of reversing the Carter and Reagan defense spending increases. The people in favor of the budget increases tended to side with the Pentagon on the high tech weapon systems.
https://www.nytimes.com/1984/02/23/us/the-speech-gary-hart-let-us-choose-a-new-path.html
>We need to replace our reliance on nuclear arms with a conventional military that can deter the battles of the future, not one that can replay World War II.
>That's why I have pioneered the military reform movement, to rebuild our conventional forces. We need more simple, reliable and affordable weapons - not more $2 billion supercarriers. We need new strategies based on out-thinking our possible opponents, not just overpowering them.
>My military reform proposals can accomplish this - can give us a more effective military - while cutting the Reagan defense budget by more than $100 billion over the next five years.
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