Thread by @didikins4life

This is the #DemPartyPlatform for 2020.This part is called: 🇺🇸 Securing our Competitive Edge/Defense Spending
Only one party will accelerate defense transformation in a responsible,ethical way,while restoring stability, predictability, & fiscal discipline in defense spending.1/12

#Democrats believe the United States military should be the best-trained, best-equipped, and most effective fighting force in the world. 2/12 #USMilitary

Ending the forever wars, reducing the enormous stress on our forces, and rationalizing our global military footprint are essential prerequisites to securing our competitive edge—but they’re not enough.3/12
#DemPartyPlatform #EndlessWar

#Democrats will invest in technology and forces that meet the threats of the future—from cyber to space, and artificial intelligence to unmanned systems—and reinforce the alliances and partnerships that enhance our collective security. 4/12 #DemPartyPlatform

Rather than continuing to rely on legacy platforms that are increasingly exposed & vulnerable, #Democrats support funding a more cost-effective, agile,flexible, &resilient force w/modern transportation &logistics capabilities that can operate in more contested environments. 5/12

#Democrats will accelerate defense transformation in a responsible, ethical way, and with strong privacy protections. 6/12 #DemPartyPlatform #DefenseTransformation

And #Democrats believe the implications of climate change for national security and the Department of Defense can no longer be an afterthought, but must be at the core of all policy and operational plans to secure our vital interests.7/12 #DemPartyPlatform #ClimateCrisis

#Democrats believe the measure of our security is not how much we spend on defense, but how we spend our defense dollars and in what proportion to other tools in our foreign policy toolbox and other urgent domestic investments. 8/12 #DemPartyPlatform #DefenseSpending

#Democrats believe we can and must ensure our security while restoring stability, predictability, and fiscal discipline in defense spending. 9/12 #DemPartyPlatform #DefenseSpending

We spend 13 times more on the military than we do on diplomacy. We spend five times more in Afghanistan each year than we do on global public health and preventing the next pandemic. 10/12 #DemPartyPlatform #DefenseSpending #SettingPriorities

#Democrats know that We can maintain a strong defense and protect our safety and security for less. 11/12 #DemPartyPlatform #DefenseSpending

It’s past time to rebalance our investments, improve the efficiency and competitiveness of our defense industrial base, conduct rigorous annual audits of the Pentagon, and end waste and fraud.12/12
#DemPartyPlatform #DefenseSpending