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Originally Posted by samhass
So..what would you have our government do to prove our strength? Would you have us go to war with Russia?
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It's not a question of proving our strength now ...ie while we're in a crisis, it's too late for that when our weakness is painfully obvious to everyone in the world. Plus, no one wants a war with Russia for a lot of obvious reasons.
The real tragedy is our leadership let us get here in the first place. At some point, someone has to be held accountable. When a leader draws red lines, does nothing when they're crossed and then goes on to the next issue as if it had never happened, it tells the serious bad guys in the world (Putin, Iran, NK, etc) we are not to be feared. Is anyone surprised by this??
Deterrence is all about making the other guy think that you will actually do something harmful to him if he crosses the line thus incentivizing him not to. That's my primary point ... weakness, drift and indecision at the senior most levels of the USG is highly provocative. historically, that is how wars get started ... not prevented.
It's really somewhat counterintuitive ... peace through strength. That includes a strong leader at the top and one who's backed by a military second to none. We are no longer in that safer and more secure situation unfortunately.