U.S. Military Fails To Learn An Ancient Military Lesson: No Industrial Economy Equals No Army

It wasn’t long ago that the world watched the collapse of the Soviet Empire. At the time, the USSR had a mighty military force that was overextended throughout the world and was bogged down in Afghanistan. Within a flash in 1989, the Soviet Union came tumbling down, not because it could not produce tanks and nuclear warheads, but because it couldn’t produce bread. The collapse happened so rapidly it even surprised the U.S. intelligence community.

The United States is now inexplicably suffering the same fate. The country can produce a stealth bomber, but it can’t produce a pair of shoes. Ronald Reagan must be turning in his grave.