Very few are willing to speak out about cutting defense because there is always some "patriot" that will stand up and say that you "hate America" or "are risking our safety" or "weakening us". Most of that type of meme comes tends to come from southern/republican "tough guys".

And you can be damn sure that if something bad happens in the future (attacks of some sort), there will be all sorts of blame heaped on the people that "cut defense" and allowed something to happen that was "preventable".