RE: Strategic Compass: Yea or Nay
March 25, 2022 at 9:30 am
(This post was last modified: March 25, 2022 at 9:31 am by The Grand Nudger.)
OFC, but that's domestic. I think our 20 year war in the middle east shows that even under misrule we can be counted on to pull triggers. Granted, the last few years have been particularly out of character for us - the notion that trump would have yanked us out of nato, for example. While it's a disturbing thought, there's little chance that the great man would have accomplished it. All his best people would have gone about it in the least likely way to succeed, with the maximum amount of illegality.
On the domestic note. I'd say both of our two choices for government are against everything that made the country powerful. Institutions can resist change for a time - but IDK how much longer we can be counted on to be the indispensable nation. A future where the us loses that is one where it's more or less the equal of other nato partners at present..and if that's a problem...well, there was trumps poorly framed argument, after all.
On the domestic note. I'd say both of our two choices for government are against everything that made the country powerful. Institutions can resist change for a time - but IDK how much longer we can be counted on to be the indispensable nation. A future where the us loses that is one where it's more or less the equal of other nato partners at present..and if that's a problem...well, there was trumps poorly framed argument, after all.
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