This is how all military branches have always pressured Congress for more budget.

That’s fairly accurate, but that is the military’s job.

However, the CCP military rapidly upgrading their orbital and suborbital capabilities should give pause to those who want free and open democratic societies and republics.

Military jingoism and scaremongering can and do exist simultaneously. It’s our job to elect people who can responsibly address both hyperbolic alarmism and real threats from aggressive and encroaching adversaries.

Basically: give them some money, but not all of it.