Spend a couple of trillion defending against intermediate range missiles and a couple of jihadists poison our water for less than a couple of million. I think there’s an optimal amount to devote to defense before the law of diminishing returns sets in.
We’re always going to be wasting money fighting an entrenched leftists opposition to progress unless we make a foundational change. I’d rather spend those two trillion on vouchers so that parents can choose whether to indoctrinate or educate their kids and enable the maturing product to change the electorate.
If they could have poisoned the water they would have done so. BTW, that's one of the reasons we have such elaborate municipal water works ~ to make the water safe.