To the editor: The query of why we’re spending billions for arms marks a defining challenge over what our nation really is (“Billions for weapons, relatively than troops, received’t make us safer,” July 22). The USA is at the moment the provider of 43% of the navy weapons bought world wide. Weapons manufacturing is a core a part of our financial system. For that to occur, we want prospects each in and outdoors of the U.S. to pay for our product. Now we have offers with Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Israel, NATO allies and, in fact, Ukraine. The checklist of our prospects is huge.
In his farewell speech in 1961, President Eisenhower warned us concerning the rise of the military-industrial advanced. Whereas he actually supported having a “mighty” navy institution for our personal protection, he urged us to not let a big arms trade endanger our liberties or democratic processes. Can we admit we didn’t heed his warning?
Erica Hahn, Monrovia
