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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.

It Is One Of The Truisms Of Politics That A Conservative Is Often Enough A Former Liberal Who Has Been 'mugged By Reality.'

After America Won The Cold War, Some Believed We Had Come To The 'end Of History,' And Budget-cutters Celebrated The So-called 'peace Dividend.' As A Result, We Ignored The Toxic Mixture Of Militant Islam And Terror That Ultimately Led To 9/11.

Unfortunately, The Cyber Threat To 'the Grid' Is Only One Means Of Eviscerating The Soft Underbelly Of American Society. Another Which Has Been Getting Increasing Attention Could Be Delivered Via The Kind Of Nuclear-armed Ballistic Missile That Iran And North Korea Have Been Developing: A Strategic Electro-magnetic Pulse Attack.

To Be Sure, President Clinton Reached An Accord Called "the Agreement" In 1994 That Purports To Address Some Of President Reagan's Concerns.