No we can’t. Years of deficit spending, under Republicans and Democrats have left us in this position.
Some ask, can we afford Iran to nuke us? Yes. Unless the attack is an EMP attack, Iran will attack one or two large cites, probably on the coasts. After one or two attacks and millions of American deaths, the left may (or may not) wake up and perceive the need for a strong defense. If they don’t, then we will need to sunder the nation.
“America cannot solve all problems in the world because of limited resources. There are limits to America’s power.”
There’s an actual point to this? Or is it just a bumper sticker?
Someone is going to be the dominate military power in the world. I would prefer it to be America. Who would you suggest?
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We aren't going to war with Iran. Should Israel and the Arab states attack, we should be prepared, but I suspect the Iranians know who their friends are and would leave our interests in the region alone. At least for the next two years. Of course things do go wrong, they could misinterpret our reaction to their taking our embassy, and our lack of interest in ending their nuclear program as American weakness rather than Obama's weakness.