Michael Peck, National Interest: Report: America Needs a Massive Military Build-Up to Make Sure it Can Win a War Against Russia or China
But what is the strategy? What about the Middle East? How do we afford it?
If there is one theme that is present in a new report on American defense, it is the word “more.”
America needs more tanks, more submarines, and more stealth fighters.
And it needs to prepare to fight Russia, and China, while still maintaining its commitments in the Middle East.
Some would say this is a long-overdue step necessitated by defense budget cuts that have deprived the Pentagon of the tools it needs. Others would say this is national-security megalomania.
Either way, the report by the National Defense Strategy Commission, a bipartisan commission appointed by a quite partisan Congress to evaluate the Trump administration’s 2018 National Defense Strategy (NDS), does confirm what many already believe: that Russia and China are the biggest threats to U.S. security.
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WNU Editor: I see very little political will for a massive U.S. military build-up. A build-up yes. Massive .... no.
