[The_Rorschach]

Never promised the plan would work, only that it would be inacted.

As for the tactic being traditional or not. . .I disagree. Reagan was no less irresponaible than his progenitures, despite having the Cold War as a hobgoblin allowing him the freedom to liquidate massive amounts of funding. Eisenhower warned against any President willing to sink exorbitant monetary assets into a military-industrial complex, and I stand by him.* But that is neither here nor there, we haven't had a fiscally responsible Executive since Coolidge.

"In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaces power exists and will persist. We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic process. We should take nothing for granted. Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can compel the proper meshing of the huge industrial and military machinery of defense with our peaceful methods and goals, so that security and liberty may prosper together."
-President Dwight D. Eisenhower