Cutting military presence precarious situation

 

Published: February 11, 2012

The recent announcement by the Obama administration to cut our military presence in other countries is a precarious situation we may not be able to recover from. With the Middle East a boiling cauldron and the U.S. economy on the verge of collapse, cutting the one thing that keeps us safe doesn't make sense.

After World War II we cut the military drastically, which led us into the Korean conflict. That led to...


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