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Congress has not approved more funding for the Iran war. They have not approved initial funding for the Iran war. These "supplies" are very expensive.

I don't think it is a stretch to assume that a big reason for the shortage of these "supplies" is that there is not money allocated for them to be replaced. And no money allocated for ramping up production.

Republicans are a big fan of the "starve the beast" strategy. Just don't collect taxes and the government "has to" get smaller. (Which seems to have just resulted in a big government deeply in debt, but I digress.) This seems to be the Democrat version of it. They cannot stop Trump from going to war. But if they do not allocate money to the military, then eventually he will have no more weapons to go to war WITH.

Which, as I have been pointing out, makes the weapons stockpiles a political and policy question, much more than a national security one.

And, I say again, that if Republicans are concerned about the national security aspects of it all they gave to do is declare war, and allocate money to fight it. That handles the political/policy questions and maintaining national security can be the priority.

Honestly, you seem to be arguing that Republicans should be allowed to force the political/policy questions in their favor by claiming national security concerns. Which I am completely opposed to. I do not like the president bring able to unilaterally start a war. I definitely believe that there should continue to be checks on him being able to fight it, that there should continue to be enforced transparency (a probably even more checks and transparency) IF he is fighting it unilaterally.

Thanks for posting that, Clownshack. Also from Ike's epic 1953 "Chance for Peace" speech (www.presidency.ucsb.edu):

This world in arms is not spending money alone.

It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children.

The cost of one modern heavy bomber is this: a modern brick school in more than 30 cities.

It is two electric power plants, each serving a town of 60,000 population.

It is two fine, fully equipped hospitals. It is some 50 miles of concrete highway.

We pay for a single fighter plane with a half million bushels of wheat.

We pay for a single destroyer with new homes that could have housed more than 8,000 people.

This, I repeat, is the best way of life to be found on the road. the world has been taking.

This is not a way of life at all, in any true sense. Under the cloud of threatening war, it is humanity hanging from a cross of iron.

Over the weekend, Republican Steve Schmidt, who ran John McCain's 2008 campaign for president, was interviewed on MSNBC.

In response to a very general question regarding the Trump Presidency, Mr. Schmidt spoke for two solid minutes and gave the most insightful and brutally honest response of what the Trump Presidency has done to our great country.

"Trump has been the worst president we have ever had. And, I don't say that hyperbolically. He is. But he is a consequential president. And, he has brought this country in three short years to a place of weakness that is simply unimaginable. If you were pondering where we are today from the day where Barack Obama left office. And, there were a lot of us on that day who were deeply skeptical and very worried about what a Trump presidency would be. But this is a moment of unparalleled national humiliation, of weakness."

"When you listen to the President, these are the musings of an imbecile. An idiot. And I don't use those words to name call. I use them because they are the precise words of the English language to describe his behavior. His comportment. His actions. We've never seen a level of incompetence, level of ineptitude so staggering on a daily basis by anybody in the history of the country who's ever been charged with substantial responsibilities."

"It's just astonishing that this man is president of the United States. The man, the con man, from New York City. Many bankruptcies, failed businesses, a reality show, that branded him as something that he never was. A successful businessman. Well, he's the President of the United States now, and the man who said he would make the country great again. And he's brought death, suffering, and economic collapse on truly an epic scale."

"And, let's be clear. This isn't happening in every country around the world. This place. Our place. Our home. Our country. The United States. We are the epicenter. We are the place where you're the most likely to die from this disease. We're the ones with the most shattered economy. And we are, because of the fool that sits in the Oval Office behind the Resolute Desk."

Looking back at this moment, Schmidt's raw indictment laid bare the profound erosion of governance and accountability under Trump's leadership. The consequences of treating the presidency as a platform for personal brand enrichment rather than public service left the nation fractured and exposed. By ignoring established institutional norms, dismissing scientific expertise during a crucial health crisis, and stoking partisan outrage, the administration alienated international allies and divided the American public. History will record this era as a stern warning about the immense risks of surrendering executive leadership to reckless incompetence.

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