Donald Rumsfeld famously observed that “You go to war with the army you have.” Unfortunately, it seems more likely by the day that America will be going to a shooting war against the Chinese Communist Party with a military that has been hollowed out, disastrously misled and afflicted with a Commander-in-Chief “elite captured” by the enemy.

China’s strategic arsonist dictator, Xi Jinping, has perceived in our weakness opportunities to spark diversionary conflagrations in Ukraine, Israel, and Mideast sea lanes. He’s set next to flame-on others in Korea, Latin America and here. 

I was among three dozen conservatives who warned U.S. Senators yesterday that they must not agree to the promotion of more general officers who enthusiastically embrace Obama-Biden 3.0’s Marxist makeover of our armed forces. To do otherwise is to invite the defeat of the military – and the nation – we have. 

This is Frank Gaffney.