Weakening Defense

Published January 9, 2012 6:38pm ET



Max Boot, writing in the Los Angeles Times:

In unveiling a new strategic review Thursday, President Obama warned that “we can’t afford to repeat the mistakes that have been made in the past — after World War II, after Vietnam — when our military was left ill-prepared for the future.”

“As commander in chief,” he vowed, “I will not let that happen again. Not on my watch.”

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