DDE 2300 Essay
USAWC Department of distance education
Author:
Mrs. Terri L. Williams
Course:
DE2300: Orientation to Strategic Leader Education
Requirement:
2
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U.S. Army War College
Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania 17013
Victor Davis Hanson uses his Opinion Editorial as a scare tactic to garner support for opposing President Obama’s 2012 defense budget cut of $500 billion dollars. This essay will identify and analyze two significant thinking shortcomings in the op-ed piece "Heavy Price Of Defense Spending Cuts: nations that choose butter over guns atrophy and die."
While Hanson pulls together world renowned facts related to failures in defense related strategies from countries around the world, whom have shifted to a national budget more focused on “butter” related efforts than defense, Hanson conveniently forgets the US' most successful strategy in ending the Cold War, the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), played a major factor in ending the Cold War 1947–19911. During this period Russia spent over 90% of its gross national product on defense which ultimately bankrupt their Nation2. Hanson provides numerous examples on the effects of social, political, and economic impact of budget decisions within the US, at the same time highlighting a myriad of shortcomings in his rationale to not support President Obama’s budget. Hanson is a registered democrat, whom advocates as a
Author:
Mrs. Terri L. Williams
Course:
DE2300: Orientation to Strategic Leader Education
Requirement:
2
The U.S. Army War College is accredited by the Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, 3624 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, (215) 662-5606. The Commission on Higher Education is an institutional accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation.
The views expressed in this student academic research paper are those of the author and do not reflect the official policy or position of the Department of the Army, Department of Defense, or the United States Government.
U.S. Army War College
Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania 17013
Victor Davis Hanson uses his Opinion Editorial as a scare tactic to garner support for opposing President Obama’s 2012 defense budget cut of $500 billion dollars. This essay will identify and analyze two significant thinking shortcomings in the op-ed piece "Heavy Price Of Defense Spending Cuts: nations that choose butter over guns atrophy and die."
While Hanson pulls together world renowned facts related to failures in defense related strategies from countries around the world, whom have shifted to a national budget more focused on “butter” related efforts than defense, Hanson conveniently forgets the US' most successful strategy in ending the Cold War, the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), played a major factor in ending the Cold War 1947–19911. During this period Russia spent over 90% of its gross national product on defense which ultimately bankrupt their Nation2. Hanson provides numerous examples on the effects of social, political, and economic impact of budget decisions within the US, at the same time highlighting a myriad of shortcomings in his rationale to not support President Obama’s budget. Hanson is a registered democrat, whom advocates as a