Opinion Today: A senator’s case for expanding military funding

Senator Roger Wicker lays out why large investments might be overdue. 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It can be a profoundly unsettling feeling, particularly when it comes to thinking about war. In a little over two years, three new wars have broken out, in Ukraine, Sudan and Gaza, and many more smaller but deeply destabilizing conflicts are unfolding [around the world](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRoOZ4JP0TEaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuY2ZyLm9yZy9nbG9iYWwtY29uZmxpY3QtdHJhY2tlcj9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0zOSZlbWM9ZWRpdF90eV8yMDI0MDUyOSZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xMjQ3NzEmbmw9b3Bpbmlvbi10b2RheSZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTY4MTAyJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgpmVQkZV2YHNT-HUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAM~). It’s hard not to worry about where the next major war might be fought or when a long-running conflict may suddenly and unpredictably expand, drawing the United States in. [In a guest essay today](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRoOZ4JP0TYaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wNS8yOS9vcGluaW9uL3VzLW1pbGl0YXJ5LXdhci5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM5JmVtYz1lZGl0X3R5XzIwMjQwNTI5Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTEyNDc3MSZubD1vcGluaW9uLXRvZGF5JnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNjgxMDImdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmZVCRlXZgc1P4dSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAw~~), Senator Roger Wicker writes that we are approaching a version of that moment “faster than most Americans think.” Worse, he argues, the U.S. military is unprepared to meet the moment. After decades of underfunding, the American military lacks the strength or the equipment to deal with the wide range of new threats coming from our nation’s adversaries, including Iran, China, Russia and North Korea, he writes. The answer to this problem, Wicker says, is a short-term “generational investment” in the U.S. military — and a national conversation on how to create a safer future for America. In a new white paper, he lays out a road map to “rebuild” the military, starting with an additional $55 billion in military spending in the 2025 fiscal year and an increase of annual military G.D.P. spending from its current projected level of around [3 percent](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRoOZ4JP0TWaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZGVmZW5zZS5nb3YvTXVsdGltZWRpYS9QaG90b3MvaWdwaG90by8yMDAyMDk5OTQxLz9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0zOSZlbWM9ZWRpdF90eV8yMDI0MDUyOSZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xMjQ3NzEmbmw9b3Bpbmlvbi10b2RheSZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTY4MTAyJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgpmVQkZV2YHNT-HUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAM~) to 5 percent over the next five to seven years. That’s a serious amount of money that will inevitably raise big questions about where it will come from — and at the expense of what — at a moment when voices all along the political spectrum are questioning both U.S. military spending overseas and the role of the American military in the world today. Wicker makes the case that the cost of a war with an increasingly powerful adversary like China would be far higher. “Regaining American strength will be expensive,” he writes. “But fighting a war — and worse, losing one — is far more costly.” [Read the guest essay](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRoOZ4JP0TYaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wNS8yOS9vcGluaW9uL3VzLW1pbGl0YXJ5LXdhci5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM5JmVtYz1lZGl0X3R5XzIwMjQwNTI5Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTEyNDc3MSZubD1vcGluaW9uLXRvZGF5JnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNjgxMDImdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmZVCRlXZgc1P4dSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAw~~): ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRoOZ4JP0TYaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wNS8yOS9vcGluaW9uL3VzLW1pbGl0YXJ5LXdhci5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM5JmVtYz1lZGl0X3R5XzIwMjQwNTI5Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTEyNDc3MSZubD1vcGluaW9uLXRvZGF5JnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNjgxMDImdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmZVCRlXZgc1P4dSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAw~~ [A photo of U.S. Navy sailors, in silhouette, aboard an aircraft carrier.] Yara Nardi/Reuters Guest Essay America’s Military Is Not Prepared for War — or Peace The U.S. military is not sized or equipped to deal with new global threats. 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