To make this all simple....if we had sat down five years ago and made some simple observations...sequestration would be unnecessary.
The Cold War is over....we won (we even gave out medals)....so pack up US forces in England, Italy, Germany and Turkey, and bring them back to the shores of America intact and layer them across installations in America that already exist.
World War II is over....we won....so pack up US forces in Japan, and bring them intact...back to the west coast and Alaska, to installations that already exist.
The Korean War? Never over, but face it...North Korea has all the mighty military power of Honduras. If they want to march across the DMZ, fine....we can finally go out and take them down. But right now...the 37k troops we have in South Korea aren’t necessary. Bring them to Alaska and Washington state, and integrate them into a forward leaning military force.
Exercises in strange and exotic places? We don’t need to do it...we have lots of space in Texas, Colorado and California where we can “game” and keep our cash...right here in America.
We can save lots of tax revenue....if we simply got rid of McCain and Graham, and start thinking outside of the box.
Red China’s been fighting the Cold War in the USSR’s stead and winning. The Korean War was always the war against Red China, too (and I blame the UN for MacArthur’s getting fired); dismissing North Korea as an insignificant threat is too similar to Obama’s dismissal of Iran as a “tiny” country.