The Mish Biden is considering taking another 10-15 million barrels of oil from the strategic reserve. Right before the election. Not only is this bad business, it is putting us a dangerously low levels in case we need it for strategic reasons. We bought the oil at low prices and they plan to buy it back by 2025 at high prices that the Saudis, Iranians, and Russians among others will control.
Now this from the Heritage Foundation Military Index Rating:
We can't fight a single major regional conflict at the moment. Not one. We used to plan and be prepared for two.
The index measures the military’s ability to prevail in two major regional conflicts at once—say, a conflict in the Middle East and a fight on the Korean peninsula. Americans might wish “that the world be a simpler, less threatening place,” as the report notes. But these commitments are part of U.S. national-security strategy.
Heritage says the U.S. military risks being unable to handle even “a single major regional conflict” as it also tries to deter rogues elsewhere. The Trump Administration’s one-time cash infusion has dried up. Pentagon budgets aren’t keeping up with inflation, and the branches are having to make trade-offs about whether to be modern, large, or ready to fight tonight. The decline is especially acute in the Navy and Air Force.
www.wsj.com
Now this from the Heritage Foundation Military Index Rating:
We can't fight a single major regional conflict at the moment. Not one. We used to plan and be prepared for two.
The index measures the military’s ability to prevail in two major regional conflicts at once—say, a conflict in the Middle East and a fight on the Korean peninsula. Americans might wish “that the world be a simpler, less threatening place,” as the report notes. But these commitments are part of U.S. national-security strategy.
Heritage says the U.S. military risks being unable to handle even “a single major regional conflict” as it also tries to deter rogues elsewhere. The Trump Administration’s one-time cash infusion has dried up. Pentagon budgets aren’t keeping up with inflation, and the branches are having to make trade-offs about whether to be modern, large, or ready to fight tonight. The decline is especially acute in the Navy and Air Force.
Opinion | The U.S. Military’s Growing Weakness
A new Heritage Foundation report warns about declining U.S. naval and air power.
www.wsj.com
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