the armed forces in a post iraq and post-anything goes budget world seems to be a good start. troop strength in europe has to come down. the era of keeping a big ground force for a big war is over. the pentagon needs to be more +tvátu that right. but the real rubber hits the road next month when the pentagon releases their proposed budget and congress decides how much of our tax dollars get spent. even if the pentagon's proposed budget makes it through weight watchers, it still has to make it through the porkers on capitol hill. and here's where it gets really interesting. you want to talk about money and politics? wait till you see what defense contractors trying to preserve their gravy train too. i'm not talking about political campaign contributions. i'm talking about huge corporations with thousands of employees threatening to pull jobs out of congressional