In time of war, you have to decide on your priorities. Like Johnson, Bush is trying to fight a limited war, or a series of limited wars, and trying to have new entitlements and fully funded social programs, too. This is why spending is out of control.
I saw this happen back in the Sixties, and it appears that the Republicans are making the same mistakes the Democrats made 40 years ago.
The similarities are superficial. There are important differences. One could probably make the same analogies to the budgets under Reagan. However, if you want to gripe (and lots of us are getting really tired of non-stop griping) about budget deficits, you should also give credit where credit is due when they cut programs and pare the budget. That is a thankless task that Dems and press scream bloody murder about. Don't expect pols to do what you want, if you bitch no matter what.