Agree that at least some of those systems probably were appropriate to reduce...though the consisitancy of Kerry's "nay" vote is fairly striking.
Bigger fish to fry on Kerry's record:
1) NO to gulf war I
2) Authoring the largest intell cut in history AFTER WTC I
3) No to the 87 billion...because Kerry was upset that he could not link the money to tax hikes. While people are getting shot at...