Max Boot: America’s military doesn’t have enough money to do its job
Mattis is a probably distracted simply preventing Trump from launching World War III, with little energy left over for budget fights.
(Na Son Nguyen | The Associated Press) In this photo taken Saturday, Aug. 13, 2011, the USS John S. McCain (DDG-56) destroyer sails off the coast of Vietnam. On Sunday, Aug. 20, 2017, the destroyer collided with a merchant ship in waters east of Singapore. The ship was damaged, but no injuries had been reported.