My point was, the subject at hand isn't really necessarily about what is happening with DoD, and if anything would more likely be reduced harm.

I'm not a proponent of our foreign engagements at all... however, this isn't the place where such a line should be drawn. I find that anywhere the government can more effectively reduce costs and/or improve it infrastructure should generally be preferred.

Did you miss the part where I specifically said, "Personally, I do think our foreign deployments and presence should absolutely be dramatically reduced."

I didn't, I was trying to point out that the unintended and inevitable outcome of making war cheaper to wage (either in dollars or lives of your own soldiers) is more war.

As if cost is actually a deterrent for war...

It certainly is, compare Vietnam to Iraq. If LBJ and Nixon had predator drones we never would have left.

The only difference is drone operators don't speak out publicly at the same rate when they get home as boots on the ground who saw the carnage more directly and personally back then.