Brains, brawn, and a budget.

Our fellow American citizens in the military are a good role model for the rest of the Country.

The reason why is intellectual honesty during honest debate. While many solutions will work (and some won’t), a choice is made after debate by the wise men voting at the top, and then the decisions are acted on, as in proposals to our executive and our congress. This is a healthy process, though tough when one is involved in the infighting that also goes on. Some sides and people lose in their cause, often a good idea that just got beat out. And the end process does get dirtied by our congress, and even the executive, but the end product for we common citizens is still better than some scheme like top down from the political leaders.

And the military's empahasis on professional education continues. Those weak educational sister's constantly work to improve. Good on 'em.

One suggestion for our military future might be considered. Good ideas and strategies should meet the national budget. Eventually, good ideas that have won out in our recent decades past are perhaps just unaffordable in our future. Perhaps a good idea that we can pay for is better than a best idea that we cannot pay for. Or we can only pay for less numbers than we need, in which case perhaps we should have chosen a more affordable plan that also gives us numbers, as in numbers of ships or airplanes, or battalions of Marines and Soldiers along with their equipment and support.

Extrapolate this idea to our Country. If and when times get hard, and there is much to say we have been working in this direction a long time, then we already have a least one class of leaders (active and retired) institutionally imbued to work in our nation’s behalf in our future. Living within one’s national means, which are considerable by the way, is a good way to start. All families and family budgets understand all this. All together, a good idea that we can afford is a good way to run a country.