Unprepared for Battle and Unwise

It has been late in recognizing growing threats from an axis of enemies who scheme to undermine it. It lacks adequate personnel, ammunition, and perhaps worst of all, the unity of purpose required to defeat or at least deter ruthless foes.

We must be talking about Israel, correct?

No. We are referring to the United States of America.

Two weeks ago, the Commission on the National Defense Strategy appointed by Congress to review the latest version of America’s National Defense Strategy (2022) released a chilling report after taking testimony from nearly 100 defense experts. Beefed up by RAND Corporation analytics, the commission’s report provides detailed recommendations that should be a must-read for America’s next president if he or she desires to spend defense dollars to build the future force, not perpetuate the existing one.

After stating the obvious — that the US was slow to recognize the threat of terrorism to the homeland before 9/11 — the commission contended that the US is unprepared for today’s threats, which it called “the most serious and most challenging the nation has encountered since 1945 and include the potential for a near-term major war.”