Heritage Foundation's Honest Assessment of Outlaw US Empire's Military

The Heritage Foundation's annual assessment of the Outlaw US Empire's military <is now available. The report's Conclusion is where the ratings of the branches are provided along with the Foundation's overall assessment:

In the aggregate, the United States’ military posture is rated “weak.” The 2023 Index concludes that the current U.S. military force is at significant risk of not being able to meet the demands of a single major regional conflict while also attending to various presence and engagement activities. It most likely would not be able to do more and is certainly ill-equipped to handle two nearly simultaneous MRCs—a situation that is made more difficult by the generally weak condition of key military allies. The downgrading of the Air Force from “weak” to “very weak,” downgrading of the Navy from “marginal” to “weak,” and a Space Force score of “weak” have led to the first downgrade of the overall score since the inception of the Index.

In general, the military services have continued to prioritize readiness and have seen improvement over the past few years, but modernization programs continue to suffer as the failure of resources to keep pace with inflation leads to cancelations, truncation, or delay. The services have normalized the reduction in size and number of military units, and the forces remain well below the level they need to meet the two-MRC benchmark.

Mounting U.S. federal debt and creeping inflation will pressure defense accounts further at a time when competitor countries like China and Russia are redoubling their efforts to expand and improve their military forces. If it continues on this trajectory, the U.S. risks falling very short in its ability to secure its core national interests.[Initial Bolded Emphasis Original; Second Bolded Emphasis Mine]

The question raised by my emphasis is, Why does a weak military "risk" the USA's "ability to secure its core national interests"? Does the US National Interest still require the Plundering of other nations thus requiring a strong military? Given the fantastic amounts of money wasted on a mediocre at best military, shouldn't that entire idea be rethought in light of the USA's genuine interests, not those of Neoliberal Parasites and Neocon Imperialists? IMO, millions of Americans would agree with me here, and billions globally. Why not scrap most of the "weak" Navy instead of wasting further billions to try and raise it to strong? Just what part of the national interest is served by the Navy? The Air Force is rated "Very Weak" because its multimillion dollar planes don't function.

I highly suggest people residing within the Outlaw US Empire share this report and my or your own questions with one and all. Afterall, what nation is going to invade North America? I don't see any such threat. What national interest is satisfied though the projection of power? Isn't it well past time that the utter futility in trying to be an Empire that controls the world is finally realized through an honest appraisal of the global situation? Or are those who people the government, think tanks and academia too immature to engage in such critical thinking and are only capable of finding ways to remain King of the Hill when that's actually self-defeating? Are they so blinded and deeply afflicted with Pleonexia that they're incapable—dementia-like—to see the massive folly they're engaged in? What national interest is served by keeping China from reuniting with Taiwan; by keeping troops in Japan and South Korea; by keeping troops in Europe; by terrorizing Africa with roving bands of so-called Special Forces? Must the USA continue to plunder or die?!? Are Americans really that immature that they must continue the role of International Bully and trash what are proclaimed as American values?

The Heritage Foundation's Report comes at a very critical juncture and ought to raise all the above questions and many more.