Idealism springs from deep feelings, but feelings are nothing without the formulated idea that keeps them whole.
Love is the substance of all life. Everything is connected in love, absolutely everything.
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.