On Sunday, December 21, that paragon of strategic acumen, the New York Times editorial page, offered up its suggestions regarding how President-elect Barack Obama should shape his next defense budget. Entitled “How to Pay for a 21st Century Military,” its prescription is quite simple: Cut just about everything. After all, as previous Times editorials have informed us, we have nothing to fear from other great powers–all future threats will come from guys like al Qaeda (and if you read the Times regularly, you know they really aren’t a military threat but a law enforcement problem). As the Times puts it,