For the First Time Ever, Heritage Foundation Gives Disturbing Report on America’s Military Capability

Having President Joe Biden as commander in chief is scary enough as it is, but a bombshell assessment from The Heritage Foundation should send chills down the spine of every American.

Heritage has released an annual report on U.S. military strength for nine years. The 2023 version, released this week, is concerning, to say the least.

For the first time, Heritage has rated the U.S. military as “weak,” according to the Washington Examiner, meaning that the organization doesn’t believe the U.S. is prepared to respond to major events like it once could have.

When the military stops focusing on the mission, they leave American warriors in a challenging position.

Heritage ranked the current state of our military as WEAK in the 2023 Index of U.S. Military Strength.

Read why at: https://t.co/zA3cARFg5w pic.twitter.com/a2i6t2dAqY

— Heritage Foundation (@Heritage) October 18, 2022

The authors of the eyebrow-raising report pulled exactly zero punches, outlining the core issues that resulted in the embarrassing downgrade.

“As currently postured, the U.S. military is at growing risk of not being able to meet the demands of defending America’s vital national interests. It is rated as weak relative to the force needed to defend national interests on a global stage against actual challenges in the world as it is rather than as we wish it were,” they said.

That’s especially concerning given the growing list of threats faced by the United States and the West, including Russia, China, Iran, North Korea and a likely resurgence of Middle East-based terrorism as a result of the power vacuum created by Biden’s botched Afghanistan withdrawal last year.

The Heritage Foundation’s report added, “This is the logical consequence of years of sustained use, underfunding, poorly defined priorities, wildly shifting security policies, exceedingly poor discipline in program execution, and a profound lack of seriousness across the national security establishment even as threats to U.S. interests have surged.”