Biden Doing Nothing About Depletion Of U.S. Military Assets Share Share Trending Despite the growing danger from China, Russia, North Korea and Iran, there appears to be little budgetary reaction in Washington. Although the U.S. is withdrawing from Afghanistan, the effect of decades of concentrating on countering terrorism has exhausted U.S. personnel and depleted combat equipment. Rather than focusing on peer threats from China and Russia, America’s armed forces are geared to actions from far less powerful or sophisticated adversaries. At this point, critics note, the Pentagon should be provided with funding to refresh, refocus, and retool its inventory. However, it appears that the funding for that task will not be forthcoming.