Feb 10, 2022,09:40am EST|2,265 views
The Biggest Threat To U.S. National Security Today Is The U.S. Congress
Dave DeptulaContributor
Aerospace & Defense
A senior defense official recently remarked: “The biggest threat to U.S. national security today is the U.S. Congress.” While that individual is unnamed for obvious reasons, the sentiment is right on target. The failure to pass a defense appropriations bill for fiscal year 2022 means that the Department of Defense will be restricted in how it operates for the year, and it will also stifle new initiatives to deal with the array of growing threats to the United States.
The only logical explanation is that there is a failure by the Congress, and by extension the American people, to understand the gravity of the threats facing the U.S., which are growing stronger every day. It is truly shocking that Russia’s preparations to launch the largest invasion in Europe since World War II and increasingly aggressive actions by China have done nothing to motivate Congress to pass this essential legislation.
After years of counterinsurgency and counterterrorism operations in Afghanistan, Iraq, and elsewhere in the wake of 9/11, the Department of Defense finally woke up to the realization that it had neglected appropriate focus on the more significant threats of China and Russia. The 2018 National Defense Strategy articulated a more appropriate national defense strategy. Indications suggest that the new defense strategy set for release later this year will continue that vector.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davedeptula/2022/02/10/the-biggest-threat-to-us-national-security-today-is-the-us-congress/?sh=774f90233856
