Nice response, thanks.John wrote: Thu Jan 27, 2022 6:38 pm ** 27-Jan-2022 World View: The Deep State on Ukraine
John wrote: Thu Jan 27, 2022 9:31 am > ** 27-Jan-2022 World View: Russia and Ukraine [Corrected]
> See my post yesterday afternoon in the news thread:
> viewtopic.php?p=67953#p67953Well, my post was intended to answer this and similar questions,Cool Breeze wrote: Thu Jan 27, 2022 12:26 pm > Did you consider my question about how much the swamp wants a war?
> I'm curious as to how bellicose you think the US authorities,
> bureaucrats and military are currently (regarding any
> war).
when I wrote that the question is irrelevant, since only Putin
can decide whether there will be a war.
Do I believe that "the swamp wants a war"? I really don't, in the
sense that I think you mean. That is, I don't believe that there's
any significant effort by policymakers to force the issue and lead to
a war. I'm sure there are some individuals in that category, but most
people in the swamp are motivated by money and power, and starting a
war will not bring much money or power to a low-level functionary. A
military general who already has a lot of power would know that the
blood and horrors of war would not bring him more power.
But if you move this discussion out of the "swamp" into the general
public, it's a lot more complicated. During a generational Unraveling
era (the 1990s), the public is generally opposed to war and in favor
of compromise. As the Crisis era begins (2003) and continues, the
public becomes more belligerent and nationalistic. This is
particularly evident in the Chinese press (Global Times), which
frequently advocates an invasion of Taiwan.
However, as I referenced in my last post to DaKardii, there's a split.
Some people are highly isolationist (favoring appeasement), and some
people are nationalistic (favoring military action). Both sides are
delusional. The isolationists are deluded because they think that the
country can remain isolationist. The belligerent nationalists are
delusional because the swift military victory that they imagine won't
happen.
Why can't the US be/remain isolationist? What would they lose? Would it really matter?