Well, even if the desire for fiscal discipline leads the new Congress to cut defense spending, I think we can at least be assured that the departure of Representative Pelosi as Speaker of the House means that there will be no congressional effort to defund the Afghanistan war effort in 2011 or 2012 to compel a premature withdrawal at a too hasty pace.
General Petraeus has some breathing room.
About Me
- Brian J. Dunn
- I live and write in Ann Arbor, Michigan. University of Michigan AB and MA from Eastern Michigan University. One term in the Michigan Army National Guard. Former American history instructor and retired nonpartisan research analyst. I write on Blogger and Substack. Various military and private journals have published my occasional articles on military subjects. See "My Published Works" on the TDR web version or under the mobile version drop-down menu for citations and links.
