it comes to how we do our own business, short of criminal transgressions, they should keep their "money votes" in Washington and stop blaming those of us with our lives on the line. For someone who thinks they can educate me on how gov't works, you seem to be unable to realize that I am talking about all republicans, including those on your committees. Romney is only the leader of that party and who claims he will vastly increase the military, of course with no way to pay for it or with any concern about what is really needed (how about higher pay for soldiers rather than more toys that are only pork?). My father served in the Army, as did my husband and my brother served in the Marines. So, keep your ignorant assumptions of who I ignore to yourself. As for who should direct combat, hmmmm, it seems that the GOP is all about that too, claiming to be going to allow the troops on the ground make the decisions and then as soon as they don't like them, trying to make the decisions themselves. Try again NCO, with your convenient hypocrisy. October 11, 2012 at 9:13 am | YGBSM clubschadenfreude...Romney is not the leader of the GOP. Romney has not said he wants to vastly increase the military....ever. His platform is to keep the military spending at its current levels minus the wars. Congress has bought airplanes, tanks, and battleships that the military didn't want for many