American security should be homemade

By BRIG. GEN. JOHN ADAMS and SCOTT PAUL, Politico

The quintessential example of American military might in recent years was the nighttime operation that resulted in the death of Osama bin Laden. Elite U.S. special operations forces, equipped with night-vision goggles, launched a lightning raid on a moonless night that took down one of America’s most dangerous enemies.
 
But suppose those troops could not be equipped with nighttime goggles, and were forced to drop in via helicopter in broad daylight?

Now pull back and consider our troops in Afghanistan. Imagine soldiers in the field calling in air support while pinned down by a surprise attack, only to find the responding helicopters had no HELLFIRE missiles in their quill … more