To the editor: The query of why we’re spending billions for arms marks a defining challenge over what our nation truly is (“Billions for weapons, reasonably than troops, gained’t make us safer,” July 22). The USA is presently the provider of 43% of the navy weapons offered world wide. Weapons manufacturing is a core a part of our financial system. For that to occur, we want clients each in and out of doors of the U.S. to pay for our product. We’ve got offers with Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Israel, NATO allies and, in fact, Ukraine. The listing of our clients 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 advised us to not let a big arms business endanger our liberties or democratic processes. Can we admit we didn’t heed his warning?
Erica Hahn, Monrovia
