US Defense Budget, 2012

I note that certain countries are cutting back on their 2012 budget appropriations for military expenditures, e.g., the United Kingdom.

I interpret this to express their profound appreciation for what the United States Military has done around the globe in recent years, sustaining some 740 military installations in nearly 150 countries.  This global effort seeks Congressional approval, too.

I am led to think that the world's indebtedness to the United States Defense Department is demonstrated more than by words of thankfulness and by cooperative endeavors, helpful those these are, but with substantial commitment to the US Military objective to maintain world peace.