Ed Feulner, Daily Signal: America’s Military Can’t Run on Wishful Thinking
It seems fitting that the Heritage Foundation released its latest Index of U.S. Military Strength just before Halloween. It makes for some scary reading.
It’s easy to assume that our military will always be prepared to not only defend our shores, but protect our allies and interests worldwide. Indeed, to suggest otherwise might seem unnecessarily pessimistic.
But wishful thinking doesn’t keep you safe—doing the hard work to remain prepared does. You can’t do that if you don’t examine our actual state of readiness, and that’s what the editors of the 2016 edition of the index have done.
WNU Editor: If the Pentagon is running on "wishful thinking" .... what is the White House and Congress running on? I shudder when I think about that.
