The failure of our government's "Super" Committee---announced today---could trigger automatic federal budget cuts beginning in 2013.  Included would be $600 billion of defense spending over 10 years.  That is, of course, $60 billion a year.

Lest you be concerned about the hyperbole our "honorable" leaders in Washington are already spewing about the U.S. military becoming a "paper tiger," the two artifacts below are offered for consideration: