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Friday, January 17, 2014

Cartoons: Brass pork

When it comes to cutting defense spending in the U.S., nobody's happy.  Least of all the generals.  And the number of generals has been growing -- "Today's Military: The Most Top-Heavy Force in U.S. History." To get an idea of how the defense budget stacks up, take a look at this:  "America’s staggering defense budget, in charts."

Meanwhile, here's how some leading editorial cartoonists see the budget and the military.
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image: cartoon by Jack Ohman about the top-heavy U.S. military
Jack Ohman, US News
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image: cartoon by Dana Summers about the proposed leaner military
Dana Summers, US News
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image: cartoon by Matt Davies about the GOP view of defense budget cuts
Matt Davies, US News
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image: cartoon by Scott Stantis about defense spending cuts
Scott Stantis, US News
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As you were...

-- Marge


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