First, Ted Thompson didn't cause world hunger nor did he have anything to do with this.
Second, if the military came to 1265 and said we want you to help us recruit men and women for our military in such and such a fashion, should they have said, "NO?!?!?!"
You want to be outraged go to the debt clock website and you'll see the debt at 18.2 trillion; but look quick or the number will be higher. It takes about 90 seconds for our debt to climb 1M. in 7.5 minutes from now US will be another 5M in debt...POOF GONE!!!
5M is nothing; the Def department paid 5M for 14 hammers about 10 years ago.