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Lots of false assumptions in that. Of course the most glaring one (which I'll refrain from discussing further, as it's political) is that the size of the military is related to oil consumption.
But consider the logic in the statement that 83-90% of DAILY drives could be done in a Leaf. That means a lot of people would need a second car to handle the rest - so why not make the first car a Volt-style plug-in hybrid, which would handle ALL drives?
Then consider that life's not exactly predictable. Just for a real-life example, I live off US 395 between Reno and Carson City. Lots of people commute between, or either on from places along the highway. These trips should be perfectly doable in a Leaf. But suppose, as happened last week, we have a little fire or other situation that closes the highway, and the shortest alternate route adds maybe 40 miles of mountain driving? You have lots of stranded people. Human nature being what it is, some of them are going to get stranded in ways that block the roads, preventing emergency vehicles from getting through...
Then on the bright side, you have to consider that some substantial fraction of those daily drives are in fact unnecessary, since they involve commuting to do jobs that could as well be done at home, via the internet.
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