No, the reason why Congress is making bad decisions for the military is the same reason now as it always is: money and power. No money for the things the Pentagon asks for, but plenty of money for tanks, aircraft, and ships that the military doesn’t need. Why are America’s elected leaders making the military buy things it doesn’t want and can’t afford, especially in a time of personnel drawdowns and massive budgetary shortfalls? With the fewest members of Congress with military experiences since… well, ever, we know it’s certainly not because Congress knows military matters better or can predict future needs more effectively than the Pentagon. This kind of thing goes back a long time back in the 1990s powerful legislators forced the Air Force to buy maintenance-intensive C-130 cargo planes, and then stipulated where the airframes must be stationed. The Senate also forced the Pentagon to buy drone aircraft it didn’t want, and pay to maintain ships it no longer needed. Nor is the Army the only military service having unwanted and extremely expensive hardware foisted upon it. One of them is this: Congress, we want you to stop buying us shit we don’t need.Īs just one example of Congressional budgetary malfeasance, the Army was forced to buy tanks it doesn’t want and can’t afford to maintain… and this isn’t the first time. No one speaks for all veterans, but there are things veterans can all agree on.
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