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<strong>July</strong> <strong>2022</strong> Find us on Facebook | <strong>Norfolk</strong> & <strong>Wrentham</strong> Town News Page 7<br />
Guest Column<br />
“Defense” Redefined<br />
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By G. Gregory Tooker<br />
After pondering the remarks of a PBS commentator recently<br />
about the cost of strategic weaponry, your writer came to the conclusion<br />
that we are dropping the ball. Before you can efficiently<br />
allocate increasingly unavailable defense dollars, you first must<br />
identify what constitutes the “enemy.”<br />
The true enemy, in terms of its ability to devastate mankind, is<br />
ignorance. A fully educated population during the previous century<br />
would not have supported world leaders who advocated for<br />
the presently existing nuclear overkill capability. Unfortunately,<br />
that monstrous mistake is history now and we are saddled with<br />
the albatross...nuclear warheads by the thousands.<br />
These days, we wrestle with wartime defense budgeting decisions,<br />
calculating the cost-benefits of drone vs. human piloted<br />
combat aircraft. Sophisticated, long range powerful drones can<br />
range up to $100 million. “Top Gun” fighter jets cost $50 to $100<br />
million or more; exciting to watch but what a cost when a ground<br />
to air missile hits its mark. Our wallet is shrinking and these babies<br />
are not your typical widget.<br />
New “enemies” have been identified by those better acquainted<br />
with science and the foremost is climate change. This planetary<br />
invader is striking with increasing ferocity, leaving in its wake fire,<br />
flood, hunger, disease and untold human suffering. Are we mounting<br />
an effective defense against this rapidly growing threat to our<br />
existence? The question does not beg an answer. Are the dollars<br />
allocated to fighting climate change proportional to the threat?<br />
Perhaps we should rethink our present attitude toward “defense”<br />
spending when it comes time to cast our ballots this year.<br />
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