Increasing Military Spending Is Preposterous

In the mind of a hawk, getting “serious” about this spending inevitably means spending a lot more, no matter how large and extravagant the budget already is.

Walter Russell Mead enjoys asserting things without evidence:

But the perception that the U.S. was cutting back on Europe and the Middle East led Russia and Iran to step up plans for expansion—while leading Beijing to double down on its links with Moscow and Tehran as a way of making life difficult for the Americans.

There is no proof offered for any of t…