FYI, I do think our military budget could easily be cut and probably does need to see that happen to some degree, but not to the degree you are thinking. The fact of the matter is that for all intents and purposes we are now the world police, and unless and until our allies and/or the member states of the UN decide to put up the cash and their fair share of military forces of their own to support the literally dozens of peace-keeping missions that we do then we will always have the largest military in the world.