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America’s Military Isn’t Providing Enough Bang for the Buck
 
By BING WEST
April 27, 2024 6:30 AM
The Pentagon’s procurement culture of regulations and massive, slow-moving corporations simply has not kept pace with the commoditization of high tech.
 
In the summer of 1944, German V1 drones attacked London, forcing the British to spend four times more on defense. Fortunately, already on the road to defeat, Germany could not exploit its advantage. Fast forward to April of 2024. As happened in 1944, the Iranian launch against Israel of 300 drones and missiles resulted in a disproportionate defense in terms of resources expended. Israeli costs were estimated at $550 million, with the American defensive screen of F-15 aircraft, destroyers, and Patriot anti-missile systems costing at least as much. This same disproportion pertains to the Red Sea, where in the past six months, the U.S. Navy has expended $1 billion, firing $2 million missiles to shoot down Iranian Shahed drones costing $20,000. You can’t prevail in a major war when the defense costs multiple times more than the offense.
 
How did we get into this situation? In WWII, America was the arsenal of democracy, unmatched at fast mass production. About 300,000 aircraft were built in two and a half years. Beginning in the ’80s, the American way of war shifted from mass production to high tech; precision replaced bulk. Finely engineered drones, with apposite names like Predator, tracked terrorists down crowded streets and obliterated them without harming passersby, while command centers and the White House watched in real-time.

https://www.nationalreview.com/2024/04/americas-military-isnt-providing-enough-bang-for-the-buck/

Legal Insurrection by  Leslie Eastman Thursday, May 2, 2024

Many more Americans — both on and off the nation’s campuses — will be suffering “protest fatigue” before 2024 is over.

As the week started, Rutgers University joined the long list of institutions whose campuses have been taken over by anti-Israel/pro-Hamas demonstrators.

    The tents were set up in the heart of Rutgers-New Brunswick on Monday afternoon during a protest march announced by the university’s chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine, a political organization involved in student-led protests demanding a cease-fire on college campuses across the nation.

    The students are part of a growing movement of college students occupying campus spaces and asking university leadership to divest from Israeli corporate and cultural interests.

    The Rutgers encampment took place peacefully and without interference from university administration on the greens on Voorhees Mall, a member of the group and junior on campus who did not want to be identified said in an interview.

    “We will not leave Voorhees Mall the same way Palestinians in Gaza refuse to leave their homes until our demands are met,” the Rutgers-SJP group said in a press release, referring to university administrators’ “not acknowledging” Palestinian students.

Legal Insurrection readers may recall we covered Rutges’ experience with Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) earlier this year. Masked SJP members listed demands for the campus during a press conference in front of a sign that said, “Rutgers profits off of Palestinian suffering,” and wearing the traditional Arab headscarf, the keffiyeh. That was after the student government enabled SJP antics by forking over $20,000 for teach-ins and conferences.

However, the tide may be turning against the hate-campers. Rutgers students now complain of “protest fatigue” and want the encampment gone.

More: https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/05/rutgers-university-students-now-complaining-of-protest-fatigue/

The violence only will increase over the next few months, and it's all on Biden's head.

Trump lashes out at Judge in NY criminal trial over 'unconstitutional' gag order

Former President Trump lashed out at Judge Juan Merchan ahead of Thursday's proceedings in his Manhattan criminal trial.

Trump once again argued Merchan is a "conflicted" judge and a member of the "radical left." Trump has repeatedly raged against the gag order Merchan imposed on him in early April, which prohibits him from speaking publicly about witnesses in the case.

"WE CANNOT LET THIS RADICAL LEFT, CORRUPT AND HIGHLY CONFLICTED NEW YORK DEMOCRAT JUDGE INTERFERE WITH THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 2024 — THE MOST IMPORTANT ELECTION IN THE HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY. THE USA IS TRULY A NATION IN DECLINE! REMOVE THE UNCONSTITUTIONAL GAG ORDER," Trump wrote on social media.

Thursday's proceedings are expected to begin with yet another gag order hearing. Merchan fined Trump $9,000 for violating the order earlier this week. The court also warned Trump that further violations could result in jail time.
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