I think it might be the cutting back on military spending because of the economy.
Answer:The amount spent on the presidential race alone was $2.4 billion, and over $1 billion of that was spent by the campaigns of the two major candidates: Barack Obama spent $730 million in his election campaign, and John McCain spent $333 million
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He wanted to go to war to eliminate communist threats. This way democracy would prevail. That is that he meant by safe for democracy.
