If you&#x27;re going to lump together everything even tenuously connected to the military (all of NASA? all of the State Department? all of the Department of Energy?), I&#x27;d feel entitled to lump together everything that sends out checks, and the military would still be smaller -- much smaller, in fact. Interest on the debt isn&#x27;t going to help you either, as we&#x27;d have to slice out the entitlements portion of that as well.<p>And, of course, this doesn&#x27;t even get into the question of whether the amount of military spending is right or wrong. &quot;Look at this huge number! It&#x27;s bigger than this other number!&quot; isn&#x27;t a meaningful argument. &quot;This number is bigger than it should be, and here&#x27;s why&quot; is.