The Defense Budget

Greenwald nips an emerging GOP meme in the bud:

How do The Washington Post and the war theorist Kagan justify repeatedly accusing Obama of "order[ing] a 10 percent cut in defense spending for the coming fiscal year" when, in fact, Obama wants to spend $40 billion more this year than was spent last year on defense spending?  It's because Obama's 2010 budget (just like Bush's) calls for slightly less in defense spending than military officials unrealistically and strategically demanded...

The facts don't matter, Glenn. All that matters is the spin on it. This is how the GOP has operated for years and they're not going to give up now. But shouldn't we be cutting defense anyway?