The Examiner:
President James Garfield once quipped, “Of course, I deprecate war, but if it is brought to my door the bringer will find me at home.”
A hero during the Civil War, Garfield understood the horrors of war, but he also knew that the best way to prevent them was not to invite them through neglect. Having a strong national defense capable of deterring enemies and defending the nation often means never having to use it.
Today, America finds itself in a more dangerous world than that of Garfield’s day. In July, the North Korean regime, led by dictator Kim Jong Un, tested two intercontinental ballistic missiles. The second test was conducted on July 28, and it went higher and farther than anything they had successfully tested before, demonstrating sufficient range to decimate an American city if they successfully attached a nuclear warhead to it.
