Everywhere on television, I keep hearing bad news about the health care bill. I see where the Heritage Foundation says the Health bill will double the national deficit and drive our debt up by huge numbers. I also see where people are bemoaning the fate of insurance companies as the new government system will cripple the existing systems. This bill is also almost guaranteed to break the back of an already ailing American economy as businesses close, doctors run for the hills and health care tanks. I agree with 100% of those assessments of this bill.
But I haven’t heard anyone else mention one of my concerns… I think this bill and its subsequent economic effect is a risk to our national defense.
Nobody likes to talk about National Defense anymore. We have the greatest military in the world right now. No one, the world over, doubts that. Current thinking says there is no one who is militarily a serious threat to us anymore. Not even the Chinese with their HUGE standing army doubt our military abilities. But having the greatest military in the world requires funding on par with the greatest military in the world and with budget deficits reaching the trillions, the debt soaring through the double digit trillions… we will NOT be able to sustain that for much longer.
How long before we can no longer maintain our national defense program and its networks of intelligence and early warning? There is precedence for this question. What I am describing happened at the end of the cold war as funding was drastically cut across the board for intelligence and other DOD spending because there was no more Russian threat. The results were the rampant growth of terrorism with little or no warning for major attacks on US soil including 09/11.
How long before we fade out as a superpower and the world becomes increasingly unstable without the American military presence? Right now, we’re the big kid on the block. We’re the one the world can turn to when the shit hits the fan. What will happen when we can’t be global police anymore?
One lib I know said “Well, Britain used to be a world power and look at it, it is just fine.” But Britain’s power waned under the protection of the U.S. nuclear umbrella. Britain ceased to be a naval power while the United States’ Navy became the predominant Navy in the world. With a connection deeply rooted in our common ancestry, the United States has basically guaranteed the safety of Britain and frankly ALL of Western Europe for 60 years. If our power fades, who will help even the odds for them? Better yet, who will do it for us?
God help the United States.
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Wade,
ReplyDeleteThose are some vital concerns. The defense system in this country will suffer from social spending on programs which delete funds for our protection. In actuality we may reach a point where the most economical thing to do is to reinstate the draft.That will effect the quality of the personnel but it also allows less money to be spent on bonuses to retain and maintain an all volunteer force.