Quote of the Day

From Noah Shactman at Wired, Secretary of Defense Bob Gates:

"[I]t is important to remember that every defense dollar spent to over-insure against a remote or diminishing risk -- or, in effect, to 'run up the score' in a capability where the United States is already dominant -- is a dollar not available to take care of our people, reset the force, win the wars we are in, and improve capabilities in areas where we are underinvested and potentially vulnerable. That is a risk I will not take."

Blue Girl has a good analysis of how we got here and the obstacles Gates faces.