With mouth agape, Raymond Pritchett watches Max Boot's House testimony, where Boot was unable to name one Pentagon program that could be cut:
The inability to make a strategic argument in the context of the budget constraints facing the nation made Max Boot look like a clown … when [House Armed Services Committee] Republicans are trying to find a political argument in support of defense at a time the primary issue facing defense is making good strategic choices towards shaping our defense posture with less money, picking someone like Max Boot who advocates against making any choices at all is a wasted opportunity to find a much needed political narrative for the right. The conservative side of defense politics is remarkably weak right now – for the first time in decades – primarily because the old guard voices Republicans promote the most have no new ideas, and do more harm than good when chanting ideology instead of addressing strategic choices.
You can read Boot's prepared testimony in full here.
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