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House Republicans fear the prospect of incoming defense cuts, and they’ve just produced a video to argue against them. Fair enough. “What is our military going to do if we keep cutting them?” asks Rep. Howard McKeon, chairman of the armed services committee. Of course, while military platforms have been cut, the military budget continues to grow. That’s a function of the skyrocketing rise in the cost of weapons and personnel. Most discussions about planned future levels of U.S. defense spending involve scaling back the rate of growth, not cuts. Funny — no, make that sad — how often such basic facts get lost in this debate.