Maggie's Farm

David Stockman, with no military or foreign affairs credentials is hardly qualified as a military or strategic analyst: Swung Marxist in college and did a divinity degree to avoid the draft; opposed Vietnam, and Korea too although he was far too young for Korea; then he swung right and is a consistent fiscal hawk and consistent opponent of military spending or use. President Reagan ignored Stockman's designs to denude our military, and instead built it to where it brike the Soviet Union and ended the Cold War, which Stockman's small mindedness would have not accomplished. Although going overboard in the military cuts that Clinton then took, which left the US less able to forestall the rise of Al Quaeda and its like, it was Reagan's victory that allowed for huge military budget savings. -- Stockman stringing words together is not stringing real world strategy together. Obama certainly demonstrates that.
What Obama is now doing may be too little or too late, but it is better than doing nothing and may lead to at least delaying further losses until there are betters in place.