The US is woefully underfunding its armed services

The primary responsibility of a national government is to provide for the common defense, but U.S. lawmakers are failing. Facing growing threats from China and other hostile nations, Congress and President-elect Donald Trump must spend whatever it takes to bolster weapons supplies and recruitment of personnel to wield those weapons. National security adviser Jake Sullivan said Wednesday that the United States might not have enough munitions if a "full-scale war" broke out with China. Sullivan said the nation should be "stockpiling both the vital munitions we know we'll need in sufficient quantities and the components needed to produce them on…