As Global Tensions Rise, Our Military Is Unprepared
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China and Russia are growing stronger and challenging U.S. dominance on the global stage. Meanwhile, terrorists within our own borders are becoming better armed and far more deadly. Amid this tensions and challenges, our military is not as effective as it needs to be.
From The Epoch Times. The United States isn’t prepared enough for a major war even as threats of one grow due to new technologies, greater access to advanced weaponry for malign actors, and heightened geopolitical tensions, defense analysts and insiders say. …
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The RAND National Security and Research Division underscored this point in a 2024 report.
It stated current threats against the United States are the “most serious and most challenging the nation has encountered since 1945 and include the potential for near-term major war.”
The report also cited expanding partnerships between China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea as part of the reason why any conflict could escalate and drag the United States into a “multitheater or global war.”
It said a conflict of such a scale isn’t sufficiently accounted for in U.S. military planning.
Compounding this is the lack of preparedness of the U.S. military noted by the Government Accountability Office (GAO).
On its website, the agency states that two decades of near-perpetual conflict have eroded the readiness of America’s armed forces.
The GAO states that the U.S. military faces imminent challenges such as equipment modernization, maintenance, realistic funding, and service member fatigue. …
China’s Buildup
In a 2024 report, the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) observed that China is investing in munitions and advanced warfare weaponry five to six times faster than the United States.
Beijing also has an estimated 230 times larger shipbuilding capacity.
This becomes concerning within the context of escalating military tensions in the Indo-Pacific region, particularly in the Taiwan Straight and the Korean Peninsula. …
Enemy Within
Some defense professionals say the number of antagonistic forces already operating inside the United States isn’t something U.S. officials can afford to brush off.
“Everything that’s happened, what we’re seeing now, did not happen in a vacuum,” Anthony Mele, president of AMI Global Security, told The Epoch Times. …
Mele said a more relaxed attitude toward illegal immigration has inadvertently created an “enemy within” while giving criminal organizations and hostile nations a vast pool of sympathizers to recruit from. …
Nuclear Threat
In June, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres warned of an increased risk of a nuclear conflict. …
Mele believes U.S. foreign policy is in dire need of revisions to avoid a direct conflict with another nation, especially a nuclear one.
This point was highlighted in November when outgoing President Joe Biden reportedly authorized the use of long-range U.S. missiles in Ukraine that ended with shots fired directly into Russia’s Kursk region. …
Mele compared the situation to throwing firecrackers through a neighbor’s window.
“Eventually, they’ll cross the street and punch you in the face,” he said, calling the conflict between Russia and Ukraine a “World War III trip wire.” …
He believes there may be a chance for better foreign diplomacy in President-elect Donald Trump’s second term. …
Non-State Threats
Some experts noted that non-state actors are increasingly able to access weaponry as sophisticated as nations possess.
The expansion of criminal economies like radical terrorist groups and cartels into the traditional warfare space is a huge problem, Evan Ellis, an analyst and research professor for the U.S. Army War College, told The Epoch Times. …
They may even be getting closer to being able to build a nuclear weapon, he warned. …
Mele described U.S. security threats in terms of rings, with those on the inside presenting the most immediate danger. …
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(Excerpt from The Epoch Times. Photo Credit: Staff Sgt. Wesley Farnsworth – https://www.dvidshub.net/image/893919, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=38711432)
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Thank you Father for the prayers of your intercessors that are going forth. Especially Susan CC and Kim who posted some prayers. Bless those who are fighting the good fight of faith. Protect the Christians in the countries that have the bad actors. In Jesus’s name. I pray.
I Take Refuge in You; https://biblehub.com/bsb/psalms/7.htm
Psalm 7 David was a warrior who maintained absolute trust in God despite great adversity. This is my guide as I pray…
Dear Lord, You are Almighty and Adonai Elohei-Tzva’ot, Lord God of Armies. Thank You for reminding me that there is no greater power than Yours. I pray our military will take refuge in You and You will rule in each branch by bringing judgement and integrity and through the testing of hearts, You will root out the unworthy. May personal repentance come to these men and women to provide the power they need to fight against all threats. David said the wicked are pregnant with evil, conceiving trouble, to birth lies. But I pray our warriors are pregnant with righteousness, conceiving Holy Spirit Power, to birth security for all Americans. Please hear our prayers…in the Name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, rule over our military, our government and every American. Amen
Lord, at this critical moment, we need someone to lead Defense who has both detailed and big picture knowledge of our military and especially our navy and has demonstrated an ability to administer a large organization with skill and has a fear of God that gives a man a sense of accountability. You knew of our need and have been preparing someone. Bring that person forward and block those that are not ready to hold such a position.
Open the eyes of your people. China, Russia, North Korean, and Iran have made a decision to dominate the world. They have been preparing for decades. No diplomacy is going to turn them aside. It will take an act of God or fear of consequence to turn this around.