Military personnel jump from a U.S. Air Force plane as they take part in a joint military drill and demonstration conducted by Japan's Ground Self-Defence Force 1st Airborne Brigade with participants from the U.S., Britain, Canada, Germany, and others at Camp Narashino in the city of Funabashi, Chiba prefecture, east of Tokyo, on Jan. 7, 2024. Richard A. Brooks/AFP via Getty Images
Our government isn’t serious about defending the United States and its interests. In fact, it has fallen woefully short in carrying out this sacred obligation. I know this sounds harsh, but as we’ll see, the government’s own numbers prove the point.
Dakota Wood
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Dakota L. Wood is a retired Marine and non-resident fellow with the Lexington Institute. Previously, he was a senior research fellow in The Heritage Foundation’s Center for National Defense and editor of Heritage’s Index of U.S. Military Strength. He served for two decades in the U.S. Marine Corps.
