Dear Editor,

The letter “Ronald Reagan vs. the GOP” says recent administrations and lawmakers have failed to invest in a strong national defense.

With our so-called defense spending at nearly the total of all the other countries combined on earth, doesn’t it seem like it’s time we investigate what we are defending or the efficiency of our defense structure?

Let’s not forget that excessive military spending with a lot of help from the inefficiency of socialism instigated the collapse of the USSR. Sound familiar?

Fritz Groszkruger