America Is Not Ready for War. Senator Wicker Wants to Fix That

There’s an old Roman axiom that goes, “He who desires peace should prepare for war.” America is in a 1930s moment, in which the global threat environment is flashing red, but the U.S. seems altogether too comfortable in our unpreparedness.

Senator Roger Wicker, the ranking Republican on the Armed Services Committee, has decided that the U.S. military needs to bulk up. Today he unveiled a long-overdue $55 billion plan to end three decades of lost wars and military atrophy. If the flag goes up in the South China Sea, as it has in Ukraine and the Red Sea, Wicker wants to be ready.

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John Noonan

John Noonan is an adviser to POLARIS National Security. He is a former congressional staffer and veteran of the United States Air Force.

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There’s an old Roman axiom that goes, “He who desires peace should prepare for war.” America is in a 1930s moment, in which the global threat environment is flashing red, but the U.S. seems altogether too comfortable in our unpreparedness.

Senator Roger Wicker, the ranking Republican on the Armed Services Committee, has decided that the U.S. military needs to bulk up. Today he unveiled a long-overdue $55 billion plan to end three decades of lost wars and military atrophy. If the flag goes up in the South China Sea, as it has in Ukraine and the Red Sea, Wicker wants to be ready.