Opponents of Pentagon-Budget Cuts Just Played the Entire Media - Conor Friedersdorf - The Atlantic: o sum up: Reporting on the Pentagon-budget proposal by comparing the size of the Army to its 1940 levels is misleading in several ways. It elides the relative strength of the Army in different eras; personnel from other branches of the armed forces; the fact that Air Force personnel in particular are now counted separate from the Army; and military hardware that acts as a significant force multiplier.
So how is it that this happened?