Guns or Butter

Gregg Easterbrook, one of Base10's favorite columnists has that rare piece in The New Republic advocating greater defense spending.

Overwhelming force is expensive. But America is rich, and even post-9/11, defense spending remains low, as a percentage of GDP, in historical terms. Someday the world will no longer be dangerous for free people, but that day remains in the distance. America must become stronger. We cannot, under any circumstances, imagine any conflict in which democracy is not successful.

The article also has a touching description of Easterbrook's father's visit to the WWII Memorial.
- posted by Base10 @ 3:38 PM