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Can the US Take on China, Iran, and Russia All at Once? [2022]
American Enterprise Institute ^ | October 16, 2022 | Hal Brands

Posted on 04/02/2024 7:32:34 AM PDT by daniel1212

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1 posted on 04/02/2024 7:32:34 AM PDT by daniel1212
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sounds like something you’d hear on a playground during recess.


2 posted on 04/02/2024 7:34:32 AM PDT by xoxox
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China is going away.
Iran has nothing but oil, money, and crazy people.
Russia has a whole bunch but are decades behind the US in living standards.

so, we can outlast any of them.

Besides we have millions of potential Newcomers.
At least we got that going for us.


3 posted on 04/02/2024 7:36:24 AM PDT by Macoozie (Roll MAGA, roll!)
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Not with the “woke” military we have today......


4 posted on 04/02/2024 7:37:01 AM PDT by JBW1949 (I'm really PC.....Patriotically Correct)
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The only threat China poses is economically. Trump was moving us away from that, but Democrats wouldn’t have it. They love the idea of Chinese ownership of America. Russia poses no threat at all. Iran’s threat is in the form of international terrorism, which Democrats seem to ignore completely.


5 posted on 04/02/2024 7:38:39 AM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
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Nope.


6 posted on 04/02/2024 7:45:25 AM PDT by The Louiswu (Pray for Peace in the world.)
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America’s secret weapon is our transgender U.S. Army.

The new U.S. Army Ad slogan is:
“Be All The Genders You Can Be.”

What foreign enemy can top that?


7 posted on 04/02/2024 7:46:09 AM PDT by Gnome1949
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We can’t/won’t even defend our own borders.


8 posted on 04/02/2024 7:46:21 AM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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Not if we kick God out of our nation and mi,Italy like we have been doing! It won’t matter how strong we are mi,itarily, if we ignore God, and worse yet, ban him, then ti y natio s will be enough to be our nation s u doing b3cause God will be for the tiny nation and agaisnt our nation.

Some powerful armies went up agaisnt israel, and God was with israel, and agaisnt the enemy, and during the night, God sent his Ave ging angel into the camp of sleeping enemies, and wiped them all out. Israel didn’t have to lift a finger- and israel also would have been able to wipe the enemies, the giants, who inhabited the promised land had they just trusted in God, but they didn’t, and God wouldn’t allow them to take the land unti, their generation died of old age. Only the kids that came afterwards were allowed to go in.


9 posted on 04/02/2024 7:46:44 AM PDT by Bob434
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[[In the 1930s, Western leaders struggled to foresee how quickly regional crises could cause a global meltdown]]

We saw a global meltdown xuring the covid scam as well. It was shocking how fast the world went into panic mode, and how quickly neighbor turned on neighbor, with even family members turning on each other, and breaking g apart!


10 posted on 04/02/2024 7:50:00 AM PDT by Bob434
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[[ They love the idea of Chinese ownership of America]]

Yup, l3arned recently that there are over 270 Chinese run pot growing operations in Maine, and I’m sure 1000’s, maybe 10’s of 1000’s more across the nation

The liberal states look the other way, a d only occasionally shut down a Chinese operation to make it look like they are on top of the crime issue, but the ones they shut down are likely ones that refuse to give the governors and mayors a significant enouhg slice of their pot pies.


11 posted on 04/02/2024 7:54:02 AM PDT by Bob434
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bkmk


12 posted on 04/02/2024 8:03:08 AM PDT by sauropod (Ne supra crepidam.)
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Not if we kick God out of our nation and mi,Italy like we have been doing! It won’t matter how strong we are mi,itarily,

Yes,

He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad. (Matthew 12:30)

thus ultimately most of out neighbor are enemies of those who follow Christ (as we are if we choose to not follow Him), as are nations, with the difference only being a matter of degrees, and (in judgment) that of accountability.

But to some degree, we should be able to live in peace with those whom we have theological and ideological disagreements if basic moral rules of conduct are consented to, but no person or nation pointing arms nukes at us as peaceful moral persons is a true ally, nor those promoting wokeism. Putin does the former, as do the Chicoms and Iran, and fundy Islam, while Western Europe and Ukraine do the latter.

However, you may be able to work with a person holding to the latter, but those threatening to take over territory by force are the more immediate threat. Yet of course, on a large scale the issues are usually not clear who the fault mostly belongs to, though in chastened yet victim Israel vs. horror-able Hamas there should be no debate.

13 posted on 04/02/2024 8:24:09 AM PDT by daniel1212 (Turn 2 the Lord Jesus who saves damned+destitute sinners on His acct, believe, b baptized+follow HIM)
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America’s secret weapon is our transgender U.S. Army. The new U.S. Army Ad slogan is: “Be All The Genders You Can Be.” What foreign enemy can top that?

Sarcasm indeed.

14 posted on 04/02/2024 8:25:21 AM PDT by daniel1212 (Turn 2 the Lord Jesus who saves damned+destitute sinners on His acct, believe, b baptized+follow HIM)
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Russia poses no threat at all. Iran’s threat is in the form of international terrorism, which Democrats seem to ignore completely.

He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad. (Matthew 12:30)

thus ultimately most of out neighbor are enemies of those who follow Christ (as we are if we choose to not follow Him), as are nations, with the difference only being a matter of degrees, and (in judgment) that of accountability.

But to some degree, we should be able to live in peace with those whom we have theological and ideological disagreements if basic moral rules of conduct are consented to, but no person or nation pointing arms nukes at us as peaceful moral persons is a true ally, nor those promoting wokeism. Putin does the former, as do the Chicoms and Iran, and fundy Islam, while Western Europe and Ukraine do the latter.

However, you may be able to work with a person holding to the latter, but those threatening to take over territory by force are the more immediate threat. Yet of course, on a large scale the issues are usually not clear who the fault mostly belongs to, though in chastened yet victim Israel vs. horror-able Hamas there should be no debate.

15 posted on 04/02/2024 8:27:03 AM PDT by daniel1212 (Turn 2 the Lord Jesus who saves damned+destitute sinners on His acct, believe, b baptized+follow HIM)
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Can the US Take on China, Iran, and Russia All at Once?

Not with the current leadership, we would need a MAGA-minded, clever, bold street fighter that had a similar-minded administration for that.

And perhaps not even then given the "woke" status of our military (see Milley's back-channel assurance to the Chinese).

16 posted on 04/02/2024 8:33:03 AM PDT by frog in a pot (Rino = one who enjoys the image of good sense yet is unable to support demanding principles.)
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With our mighty pronouns, we can defeat anyone!


17 posted on 04/02/2024 8:37:22 AM PDT by dynachrome ("God grant I don't outlive my wits.")
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The real question is, “Can the U.S. continue to be owned by China, Iran, and every other country that’s buying off or blackmailing U.S. politicians?”


18 posted on 04/02/2024 8:41:00 AM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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“so, we can outlast any of them.”

Until they realize that they are losing and the nukes fly. Like Long John Silver said in Treasure Island, “Them that die will be the lucky ones”.


19 posted on 04/02/2024 8:41:15 AM PDT by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Finish the damned WALL! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH!)
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It’s been years since our military prepared for a two-front war.


20 posted on 04/02/2024 8:50:29 AM PDT by jagusafr ( )
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