they act like it is highway spending and you can turn it on and off. the fact of the matter is he is having a huge impact on the ability of future presidents to deal with future crises that are bound to arise. i told sean about the story of desert storm, after we won, first thing i was, i called president reagan and thanked him for what he did back in the '80s to build that magnificent force for what we did in desert storm. i can tell you there will never be anybody to thank barack obama for what he has done with the military. just devastating. >> i'm looking at the smallest u.s. army since 1940. and i'm looking at the world and the current conflicts. the president drew the line in the sand with syria. obviously, we have the rise of al-qaeda and north africa, still in the middle east. we're told. north korea, iran, we don't know. china has been having a massive military build-up.