&gt; Liberal doves also want anything to attack new weapon systems spending<p>I generally agree with your points, but not this one. I&#x27;ve seen no partisan bias in the criticism, and John McCain is the biggest critic of this program, which is being pushed by the Obama administration. In fact, IME most of the criticism comes from the temper-tantrum-of-the-week branch of the GOP.<p>Also, Democrats have become hawkish; almost everyone says they are for a strong military including Clinton and Obama. There aren&#x27;t many of those knee-jerk doves left - can you name a prominent one?