THE DEFENSE FUNDING COLLAPSE

The defense budget is a wreck. The political class is too busy fighting for scraps to ensure the machinery of war remains operational. This is not a temporary glitch. It is a fundamental failure of the legislative process.

The consequences are plain.

• Military readiness is a casualty of political ego.
• The military industrial complex waits for the next infusion of cash.
• Global stability dissolves into uncertainty.

The people in Washington cannot manage a simple spending bill. They prefer the theater of conflict and the spectacle of gridlock. The result is a hollowed out defense structure. We are watching the slow death of institutional competence.