For America’s Military, a Death by a Thousand Drones

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For America’s Military, a Death by a Thousand Drones

Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine over two years ago, politicians advocating for more U.S. taxpayer assistance to Ukraine have claimed we’re bleeding Russia dry at a comparatively small cost. But when it takes a million-dollar American missile to knock out a thousand-dollar enemy drone, it looks more like we’re the ones bleeding out—suggesting maybe we should quit the world-policeman racket. That’s doubly true given our most daunting nationa…