Ed Morrissey

I've been talking about this a lot on podcasts, both my own and occasionally on others. In 1940, we had a workforce, educational system, and economy oriented to manufacturing that could scale up quickly -- and did. We have none of those elements in place now, and we largely forbid ourselves from accessing the resources necessary for that kind of scale-up. Even without the acute munitions needs, we don't have the capacity to build ships quickly enough to keep our own navy properly equipped for the doctrines we have in place.