They're not my points - they're the authors. I was pointing out the article/blog as a discussion point, hence my comment about cheer him up or depress depending on your point of view.
Personally, I don't see fighting one and preparing for the other as mutually incompatible. In his comparison we were in 43 throwing everything we had into the war. In 07 we are throwing only a small fraction of our GDP into defence. The solution is more funding, not robbing Peter to pay Paul.
Try again, same instructions as before, remove the hyphen and paste.
http://eureferendum.blog-spot.com/20...e-with-it.html