When I started to read this I thought it was a spelling mistake for Tempory Art, then all of a sudden it gets politically sensored like it was something in Russia
(ooo am definitely getting banned now
), then it gets opened again - (serves you right for blocking free speech
).
For my ten pence worth (inflation don't you know), I agree, that cutting back on armed forces spending is usually folly, what It does show is that irrespective of whether they pour money into it or restrict it, they never get it right, they either spend it on the badly designed or wrongly specd equipment or its completely mismanaged by those who do not have a clue as to what is absolutely needed, so it ends up costing more and is behind in delivery.
Nimrod - and its electronics debacle, an aircraft to replace the harrier - before they scrap it, an aircraft carrier or two that wont be operational whilst all the while there is no aircraft available to fly off it until several years after it is operational.
A fiscal cliff that we are perched on - while money is squandered / borrowed / give to others when those at home are in as much need, never has the phrase charity begins at home never meant so much etc etc etc.
Russia has a gangster for a leader whose legacy will be no different to those who preceeded him (with the exception of gorbachov), Ukranain situation is regrettable but, when has the Russians ever considered that what they do anything but right.