Once again, we are mired in a war of choice, a war nobody wanted, to solve a problem that didn’t exist before the war. The administration has been largely mum on the shifting justifications of “why we fight.” Then, it trotted out Secretary of “War” Pete Hegseth to demand tens of billions of dollars more, without offering any real reason why we are there. The guilt trips will ensue — like in Vietnam and Iraq — that we must commit more “to finish the job” without defining what the endgame is.

Says Sen. Susan Collins, “Our men, women in uniform, do not decide where they are sent or the missions to which they are assigned, Congress has the responsibility to ensure that they have the tools, the training and the support that they need to accomplish their mission.” We have seen this movie before. Just maybe, those who care so much about the troops could have demanded they not be sent there in the first place.

We have frittered away our national assets in blowing up mariners. We have illegally invaded another nation and captured its president, initiated actions in Africa and have threatened to take Cuba and Greenland. Yes, there are reasons we have depleted military resources.

If we are determined to turn into a modern Sparta, Congress should show the gumption to demand taxes be raised on the American public to pay for it. If it does not, it is admitting the American people do not approve of this current war purchased on a credit card.

Greg Rossel
Troy