> I think most of them are what one might call Clancyites: people
> who think that high-tech weapons are cool toys, and thus that we
> should build more of them because of their coolness.
I'm sure this make good ad copy on mailing lists, but a full 70% of the defense budget of the US is for personnel related items. That is: food, shelter, payroll, benefits ... these "toys" aren't very much of the budget.
/jordan