I remember during the W admin the goal was to be able to fight two major wars at the same time. It seems as if now we can't even support one proxy war at a time.
The United States is capable of defending itself. Our
leaders just don’t choose to do it. Our borders are open
with the same rules Trump put on the table, and removed
by Biden. We don’t need to increase that budget. Just
enforce border control. Biden refuses to. I am concerned
about what our priorities are these days with regard to the
military.
We need to retire about a third of our national debt over
the next ten years. We need to keep going with that until
we pay it all down.
This will take some of our deadbeats by surprise. Sorry, I’m
not moved by that. It’s time to get back to basics.
We need to fulfill our obligations, but we can and must do
better.
As for the Ukraine and Israel, the money we have spent on
them is deceiving. We keep our arms suppliers in business
so that we can always have a supply. Most of the aid is
spent in the U. S. We don’t just sent off mountains of cash.
I know some folks think so, but I don’t think it’s as big
a problem as some folks think. Of course any misdirection
of funds is wrong, and if we know if it happening, then we
need to stop it.
If we add up our support for the Ukraine and Israel over
the last two years, it’s an almost invisible sum compared
to our increase in debt. Our leaders spend like drunken
sailors, and we don’t know the half of it. All these
freebie programs Biden tosses out, it’s just mind boggling
how idiotic it is. Congress isn’t any help either.
You’re right about the two front readiness factor. In
fact, I was upset about Bush shrinking our two campaign
pledge to one unofficially, and them dumping it off to
Clinton who made it official.
McCain has his weasel fingers all over that. We came up
with an incredible aircraft the F-22, then cut the
production to one third. Our ship fleet is around 270
right now, while China has upped its game to around 350.
While I don’t believe we are in what I’d call serious
trouble yet, we are slipping. It’s time to get serious.