""Killing cartel members who poison our fellow citizens is the highest and best use of our military.""
""If America is going to defend our vital interests in the Pacific, Europe and the Middle East, and adopt a more robust U.S. military posture in Latin America, it will exacerbate existing shortfalls in U.S. military capacity,""
""If we take on additional military commitments and don't provide the Pentagon commensurate resources, readiness will erode,""
""We have seen this movie before, and it is not a good one.""
U.S. officials are intensifying military activity in the Western Hemisphere, deploying ships, ten F-35s to Puerto Rico, and refreshing Army presence at the U.S.–Mexico border with the 101st Airborne and 10th Mountain divisions. Venezuelan F-16s buzzed a U.S. destroyer amid operations targeting trafficking and Nicolás Maduro’s regime. Senior officials framed cartel violence as a national-security threat; one vice president called killing cartel members the best military use. The next national defense strategy will prioritize homeland security over competition with China. Experts warn that adding regional commitments without matching resources will erode Pentagon readiness and exacerbate capacity shortfalls.
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