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I expect Trump hoped the people would rise up again after we started bombing, but after slaughtering protesters by the tens of thousands, they weren't willing to do it again. The impression I get is that their hopes have been crushed and at least short-term, they've accepted there's nothing they can ...

I'm increasingly convinced no one is going to be able to mobilize to the same degree as we did during the two world wars.

Our populations are a lot older and modern warfare more resource-intensive. In 1940, our median age was 29 years. Today, it's close to 40. China's population is actually older ...

Thank you for posting Trump's talking points on why Greenland is so important.

Yes, Greenland is important to Missile Defense. We have a base there to do that already (Thule). The Danes are more than happy to allow us to build even more such bases there. We don't have to own Greenland to do that ...

If Russia does indeed become our ally, I doubt it'll be until after war has already broken out. Between 1939 and 1941, the Soviets collaborated with the Nazis, planning to split Eastern Europe between them. In fact, if not for Soviet supplies, the German war machine could never have been so ...

NATO's finally hit the 2% mark for their own defense. We've been griping and muttering for a long time that they weren't willing to contribute enough. Harsh as I know this sounds, I don't think they ever would have unless we cut them off from aid entirely. Which is what Trump's done, save for having ...

This doesn't necessarily have to play out the way the two previous world wars did. It'd depend on the circumstances. If China launches a Pearl-Harbor style attack, then yes, we'd be out for blood with China falling into nationalistic fervor.

But look at how things are playing out in Russia right ...

Despite hopes to the contrary, Putin is not going to stop so long as there's a single breath in his body. So long as he's in power, he's going to keep pushing. Russia's burned through its Soviet stockpiles, often reduced to launching attacks with motorcycles and civilian vehicles. There are few ...

I've looked at Trump's 28-point peace plan. It's not perfect, but from the way people respond, you'd think it was Munich all over again. Unfortunately, he will never wake up to the kind of threat Putin poses and if he hasn't by now, he's not going to.

He merely doesn't deserve all the blame for it ...

Well, we are officially in the longest shutdown in our history. I doubt it's going to end anytime soon, since many of the Democrats' main donors (wealthy, white liberals) are screaming: "Resist at all costs!" The shutdown isn't going to impact them much, so they have little to lose by keeping it ...

We have rare earth metals here and can get more from Australia. China's had a monopoly primarily because they lack environmental and labor laws, so they can poison everything in sight, including their workers, without consequence.

Since the end of the Cold War, our military has been designed for ...