Adventures in Battleland

Those arguing for more defense spending lean heavily on misinformation to make their case; many of the critics--previously including myself--have relied on myth.  The first of a two part series starts today in Time's Battleland blog at http://nation.time.com/2012/10/01/adventures-in-babbleland-desperate-rhetoric-for-mundane-times/.  Tomorrow's piece probes further into the myth of American military superiority by looking into one of its prime hardware examples.