I compare where we and our NATO alliance and Pacific allies are today on defense, to where they were before Putin invaded, and I see vast improvements across the board.
Four years ago our side was stagnant, the defense situation was dismal and frozen in a cycle of decay and neglect, all spiraling downward, but Putin woke everyone up and got us all back to taking war seriously.
The glass half full arguments and opinions will continue, but when you look back 4 years and what has changed because what we have seen and learned in this war, there are a lot of very big and enduring, even permanent, positive improvements.
All well and good but how about Trumps secondary sanctions on Russia? We know China will not budge, but India is malleable. It looks to me that severe sanctions on India to make them drop Russian oil imports is now on Trumps back burner. Trump must be having second thoughts on these sanctions.
Meanwhile India is at the Tianjin summit (Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) security summit), with Modi literally holding hands with Bad Vlad as they stroll along. It looks like India is in the Russian camp as much as ever. Cut off all H1B’s from India! They are spying on our tech almost as much as Chinese here. Spying in order to take it back home to India.
Our Saudi allies have already offered discounted oil to India, to replace discounted black market Russian oil. To no avail. Screw India. They have been invading us for years via immigration and H!B visa programs.