[MtnClimber]

The left is destroying our monetary policy. And debt keeps piling up.

[ClearCase_guy]

I envy the people who lived in the Austrian-Hungarian Empire and the Ottoman Empire. Our failed state seems a bit more failed than theirs.

[BiglyCommentary]

Reality #11

Putin approved and directed the Russian efforts in Iran that resulted in thousands of US soldiers getting killed and wounded in Iraq by IED’s.

[ScottinVA]

Never has there been a more opportune time for America’s enemies to act on their expansionist intentions. This country’s “leadership” makes the Carter years look dynamic by comparison.

[Tupelo]

I for one cannot find any argument with Professor Hanson.
I think he nailed all ten of his realities.

[Yo-Yo]

Four -- ... Yet if Russia loses the Ukraine war, goes broke, and as an international pariah is ostracized, then China will likely cut the smelly Russian albatross from its neck - in fear of new Western financial, cultural, and commercial clout.

China, especially its military, is now and has been inextricably tied to Russia since the end of WWII. China can't make a military grade jet engine for its fleet of fighter jets, and still relies on Russia to supply engines for China's fighters.

Russia will not go bankrupt. It will at most have a regime change via a palace coup against Putin, patch up relations with the West, and return to its grifting status quo anti.

[BobL]

#11 - When a nuclear power sets red lines, as we did in Cuba in 1963, DO NOT test them, as they may not back off.

[Baldwin77]

#5 Truth Bomb !

[nikos1121]

Not sure I understand number 4....

[sauropod]

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