Which Way, L.A.?
The Wars of the Future and the Wars of the Past
As we talk about his year's Pentagon budget, remember this: the US spends more on the military services, their arms and equipment than the rest of the world's nations combined. And the spending may well go up, despite cuts in some high-profile programs in what Secretary Robert Gates calls a “ reform budget .”
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readAs we talk about his year's Pentagon budget, remember this: the US spends more on the military services, their arms and equipment than the rest of the world's nations combined. And the spending may well go up, despite cuts in some high-profile programs in what Secretary Robert Gates calls a “reform budget.”
Warren Olney
former KCRW broadcaster
Sonya Geis
Senior Managing Editor
Katie Cooper
Producer, 'One year Later'
Spencer Ackerman
Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and author of “Reign of Terror: How the 9/11 Era Destabilized America and Produced Trump”
Winslow Wheeler
Center for Defense Information
Richard Aboulafia
managing director at AeroDynamic Advisory