I think you'd make a stronger argument by instead of making a military or other things argument, and just make a 'fund other things more' argument.
The reason I think you should stay away from pointing fingers, especially at a relatively divisive issue like military or especially aircraft carrier funding is because then you shift a question of "should American be world leading in commercial air travel regulation, pandemic prevention and control, and medical development" to a far more complex one of what America's role in the world should be.
The combined CDC, FDA and FAA budget is something like 35 billion dollars a year. Overall DOD budget is is nearly 700 billion, making up nearly half of annual discretionary spending (roughly 1.5 trillion). You could literally double the funding of those three agencies and barely budge the overall calculus of the budget.
Edit/Add-on: I think the whole sub-thread under my comment (my bad =/ - I get the irony...) is an example of the types of distractions that might be avoidable if you don't scope military spending into discussions.
The reason I think you should stay away from pointing fingers, especially at a relatively divisive issue like military or especially aircraft carrier funding is because then you shift a question of "should American be world leading in commercial air travel regulation, pandemic prevention and control, and medical development" to a far more complex one of what America's role in the world should be.
The combined CDC, FDA and FAA budget is something like 35 billion dollars a year. Overall DOD budget is is nearly 700 billion, making up nearly half of annual discretionary spending (roughly 1.5 trillion). You could literally double the funding of those three agencies and barely budge the overall calculus of the budget.
Edit/Add-on: I think the whole sub-thread under my comment (my bad =/ - I get the irony...) is an example of the types of distractions that might be avoidable if you don't scope military spending into discussions.