We know you're a liberal Mr. Wohlforth, and we know the $2 for $1 is the persistent Leftist meme when attacking Alaska and Alaskans, but you should be enough of an Alaskan to at least not use that meme.   The State of Alaska is only about a third of that island south of Hawaii on your map.   The US and somewhat federal "Indians" as that term has Constitutional meaning own the other two-thirds.   JBER, Eielson, Greeley, et al. are not here to protect Alaska; they're here to protect the US, and the fact that the old Nike missiles were nuclear armed tells you how much the US cared about Alaskans.   Most of what the US spends in Alaska it spends on its own property and its own obligations.   Sen. Ted did a good turn by us, but mostly the State of Alaska just gets proportionately what other states get, and often not even that.