Thompson Should Go Back to Sleep

Thompson is to give a speech at The Citadel where he is expected to call for increased military spending and a larger military force. His plans would increase military spending by roughly 0.5% of GDP to 4.5% and increase our Army and Marine forces from a combined 657,000 to 1,000,000. But why? What is the logic behind that? How will we pay for it? Better yet, how will we pay for it and the domestic expenditures we face to restore quality to education, health care, etc?

We currently spend more than any other country on our military and more than most countries combined. The only reason for such increases would be to prepare for an invasion of a major country, which should absolutely be the furthest thought from any politician's mind. We could have done much better in Iraq and Afghanistan over the last four and a half years with the military we have had this administration come up with anything resembling a plan prior to invading. The answer is not to throw more money at the problem and hope it goes away. There is no need for these Republican candidates to sound more war hungry than the next guy. In fact, it might be nice to hear more about how they will address our crumbling education, health care, Social Security, the housing crisis and the economy, etc. and less about war with Iran (which is not feasible), abortion, and gay marriage (which are not relevant to righting this country).