I agree. The Paul campaign needs backup on this issue. Right away.
Suggestions: Try names like Col. Andrew Bacevich (ret) and Col. Douglas Macgregor(ret). The second name is one of the best tacticians produced by the US military in the last 50 years. Bacevich is a real conservative of the Russel Kirk school.
Resources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Macgregor
Short article recommended reading:
A Radical Plan for Cutting the Defense Budget and Reconfiguring the U.S. Military
Total savings: $279.5 billion.
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articl...t_and_reconfiguring_the_us_military?page=full
Books by Douglas Macgregor:
Transformation Under Fire: Revolutionizing How America Fights
Breaking the Phalanx: A New Design for Landpower in the 21st Century
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Bacevich
Books by Andrew Bacevich:
The Limits of Power: The End of American Exceptionalism (American Empire Project)
Washington Rules: America's Path to Permanent War (American Empire Project)
The New American Militarism: How Americans Are Seduced by War
The Long War: A New History of U.S. National Security Policy Since World War II
Washington Rules: America's Path to Permanent War (American Empire Project)
American Empire: The Realities and Consequences of U.S. Diplomacy
*****People, the above are VERY heavy hitters and would make mincemeat out of anyone who attempted to argue points with them****
Paul needs this kind of back up.