Ok that's it. I've had enough. Take the politics away.

A change of constitution then, remove the political parties juristiction from the way that the armed forces are run and funded. They choose when and where to use them but make it a law that not less than 3.25% GDP should be spent on the armed forces. Oh, also you're not allowed to mess about with the method of calculating GDP either Gordon. Simple then, damn this Merlot's good.