History demonstrates that previous military drawdowns invited aggression by our enemies. After World War I, America drew down forces until the U.S. Army had fewer than 100,000 men in uniform. That weakness invited Nazi aggression in Europe and the imperial Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor.
“The people who send us fan mail written in blood say the nicest things, so it doesn't freak us out too much.”
“You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play it better than anyone else.”