2023 In Review and 2024 Outlook.
Military / Strategic Activity / Deployments –
2023 saw the start in a significant decline of the readiness of US forces in all branches. They have been falling for the past several years, but 2023 was almost like falling off a cliff. All services failed and failed bigly to meet recruitment and retention quotas. The general view is that the wokness of the military today is driving that sector of the nation that has traditionally volunteered for service. Combined with that is the evidence that the govt no longer is looking out for the service men and women’s well being. This being borne out by the military reversal on the wuhan jab issue and transgenderism along with CRT being for front instead of training for combat. Add to this those who wear the start saying that promotions should no longer be based merit, but on race and gender issues. And finally, soldiers are once again having to rely on food stamps and poor housing / barracks living conditions.
This has driven the left’s lust to reinstate the draft, a disaster in the Vietnam era. A way to bring equity to the service.
The prolonged Ukraine war, now along with support to Israel, has exposed just how low our stockpiles of critical ammunition and weapons systems have become. Replacement for artillery ammo alone is only at 1/3 the rate it is being consumed. Our munitions have been drawn down so severely that in the event of a war with China we would be in a world of hurt.
In large part due to (deliberate) ineptitude of the regime’s foreign policy, our military finds itself increasingly exposed to low level threats that in the past weren’t tolerated. In many instances making us out to be a paper tiger of sorts. Our military won’t even directly confront Houthi’s - at the orders of the pentagon - again, projecting an aura of weakness dangerous in the climate of the middle east.
2024 is going to be even more hazardous for our military.
- I do not foresee direct involvement in Ukraine.
- There is an increasing possibility of direct conflict with Iran as the Gaza war grows and expands
- There is an increasing possibly of limited conflict with China should they decide to blockade the island in the event the Taiwan elections go against them.
- One wildcard here is military deployment here in the states to provide civil disobedience control in the event of pre-election riots or even federally declared martial law.
- Our military stockpiles will continue to be at dangerously low levels for the next several years until manufacturing can get tooled back up to higher production levels.
Or in the event we're drawn into a war with Iran or one of Iran's proxies. If Biden can't put American first, he ought to at least put us second or third...