[DaUR]

> to every other in a thread

You're misrepresenting.

You: If he cuts back on foreign intervention, this extraordinary emphasis on "rebuilding" our military (whatever that means given the relative size of our military) makes even less sense.

Me: Yes it does, "Peace through Strength"

Followed by your hyper-aggressive, completely off-topic comment right here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13789479

Why did I need to write the above up?

[nkozyra]

Though I'm not sure you're arguing in good faith ...

Peace through strength is not something that requires additional military resources. I'm not sure why you're being obtuse about this.

He promised during the campaign to cut the debt; his proposed budget would do the opposite.

"Peace Through Strength" is, again, a platitude, but even if we take it at face value we have strength at 4x+ and other nation.