I love strident shallow articles about military matters written by people who don't know anything about the military.

She says:  "I never use the term “defense.” Our military is aggressive, not designed for defense."

And the very next sentence is about the wall!!!!

How about instead never writing anything about the military whatsoever every again?

Stick to what you know.

I've been in firefights before...open country, and very down and dirty urban fights.    If you're not capable of both offense and defense (and being able to move between these two states rapidly/with agility), you're dead.   And by the way one needs to be highly aggressive in both offense and defense.    But I am wasting my time.

and then she wraps up this sad, thin (thankfully short) piece with: "The problem is that we the people seldom see our military array as The New York Times displays it this week. Take a look. Contemplate the size. No dollar signs attached. Just look at the sheer size. Then say no