As Elbridge Colby says, military power obeys basic laws of physics.

A type 45 destroyer cannot simultaneously be in 2, let alone 3 places at once.

If it is in the Norwegian Sea or Arctic ocean, it cannot be in the Red Sea. If it is in the Red Sea, it cannot be in the Indian…

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Elbridge Colby

A view from a significant Republican influencer who sees China as the threat and most other things as a distraction. (More: politico.com/news/magazine/…)

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Huge, yawning gap between our nation's strategy and policies vs. the military we are fielding or will field.

Immensely dangerous and irresponsible.

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I'm nothing if not consistent, I think it's fair to say!

This is the key problem: 'British geopolitical rhetoric & commitments are vastly exceeding actual British capabilities. The gap is yawning.'

Not a perfect analogy and may be apocryphal, but Kaiser Wilhelm was supposed to have said to Archduke Ferdinand when the latter visited him at Springe in 1912, respecting what he thought🇦🇹’s overly aggressive posture in the Balkans: “I find you rattle too much-with my saber”.

Without any doubt China is preparing the PLA for possible conflict. We must urgently take every possible measure to do the same. This means building up the defense industrial base & an increase in military spending.

The closer the programs come to insolvency without addressing the underlying budget math, the higher the odds that Congress will just have to authorize more borrowing to pay for benefits, said Brian Riedl 🧀 🇺🇦 , senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute.

That would explode the…

The vast majority of the federal government’s spending is on mandatory programs — including Social Security, Medicare and veteran’s benefits — so-called entitlements that have grown dramatically. The United States spent $2.9 trillion on Social Security and major heath-care…

More recently, lawmakers — especially in the Republican-controlled House — have tussled with Biden over parts of the federal budget. But those fights have focused mostly on what’s known as discretionary spending — items such as defense, infrastructure, education and other…

New estimates are expected Monday to paint a dire picture of the budget outlook for Social Security and Medicare, the massive federal programs for seniors, threatening future benefits and putting fresh pressure on Congress to address the nation’s deteriorating financial health.…

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This is spot on. Money needs to flow for Taiwan munitions because resupplying Taiwan will be extremely hazardous.