This past tuesday, Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-VA) spoke at The Heritage Foundation’s annual spring President’s Club meeting, noting: Now should be the time for America to rededicate itself to the strategy of: 1) peace through strength, and 2) recommitting ourselves to standing up for democratic and peaceful allies. Why …
Despite China’s 8.7 percent economic growth last year, double-digit annual increases in defense spending since the early 1990s, and holding $800 billion in U.S. treasuries, it is far from overtaking the U.S. role as global leader. Its closed economy, undervalued currency, and state-controlled exports keep getting in the way. In …