US Military is ‘weak,’ in Danger of Not Being Able to Defend National Interests: Study; Declining U.S. Military Strength Reveals a Deeper Leadership Crisis; U.S. Military Nearly Broken Under Biden: ‘Like a Business That’s About to Go Bankrupt’

US military is ‘weak,’ in danger of not being able to defend national interests: study

For the second consecutive year, a study has ranked the U.S. military as “weak” and warned that a lack of action could leave the armed forces incapable of defending vital American interests.

“The current U.S. military force is at significant risk of being unable to meet the demands of a single major regional conflict while also attending to various presence and engagement activities,” reads the conclusion of the Heritage Foundation’s 10th annual Index of Military Strength, which was released Wednesday.

The report paints a dire picture of the state of the U.S. military, with its current posture being rated at “weak” by the index for the second consecutive year, calling into question America’s ability to meet security obligations and protect vital national interests around the globe.

The 664-page report addresses a wide range of issues, finding that almost no branch of the U.S. military is ready to face a major conflict. Those issues are most pronounced in the Air Force, which the index rated as “very weak” in 2023.

The report rates each branch of service on its strength in capacity, capability and readiness, rating the branch power as either very weak, weak, marginal, strong or very strong. The Air Force rated as marginal in both capacity and capability while also rating weak for readiness. Overall, the report found that Air Force power currently rates as very weak, the lowest rating possible.

But the issues weren’t just contained to the Air Force, with the Navy also coming in for ratings of very weak in capacity, marginal in capability and weak in readiness. That combined for an overall rating of weak, according to the index.

“For 10 years this index has monitored the U.S. Navy’s slow decline while China’s Navy has modernized and grown at a fast pace,” Robert Greenway, the director of the Allison Center for National Security at the Heritage Foundation, told Fox News Digital. “Meanwhile, the Navy has had too little shipyard capacity to keep its fleet maintained, too few ships to pace the threats, and misguided leadership that has instigated a recruitment crisis. Advanced capabilities alone will not offset this, and action is needed to reverse the downward trends.” —>READ MORE HERE

Declining U.S. Military Strength Reveals a Deeper Leadership Crisis | Opinion

Earlier this month, President Joe Biden gave a speech at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania—the site where George Washington and his depleted band of soldiers famously endured starvation and the tremendous cold of the winter of 1777-78.

Biden’s purpose for choosing this site was to suggest that in 2024, “democracy is on the ballot.” But Americans see through his platitudes. The 2024 election will not be about an abstract concept—it will be about Biden’s record as president. On that score, the location of his speech served as just another reminder of how weak our military has become under his leadership.

On Sunday, the Heritage Foundation released its annual Index of U.S. Military Strength—a one-of-a-kind report card that empowers the American people to see how our armed forces stack up against the growing array of threats to our national security. Unsurprisingly, this year’s report indicates that shortfalls in capacity and capability leave our military weaker today than at any point since we began publishing our report 10 years ago.

Worse still, during this decade of decline, our enemies have grown stronger. While our political leaders squandered our strength on never-ending wars in the Middle East, our number-one adversary, the Chinese Communist Party, expanded its capabilities and is now poised to invade Taiwan and establish hegemony in the Indo-Pacific.

This crisis demands the virtues of a true statesman: the mental fortitude, prudent strategy, and decisive action that General Washington demonstrated at Valley Forge. But, to put it gently, Joe Biden is no George Washington, and Lloyd Austin is no Nathanael Greene.

Washington was a ruthless prioritizor—someone who knew how to make the most of limited resources—and a staunch opponent of America getting involved in foreign entanglements. Biden is a neoliberal ideologue whose weak leadership directly contributed to the conflicts we are witnessing today in Europe and the Middle East. —>READ MORE HERE

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