That said, our forces are still awesome and more than capable of kicking total ass in the most dominant fashion in world history at this point. ==
That is an example what I called a peace time miscalculations. Fact is US military ran away from Taliban in slippers. Who kicked whose ass there?
Our intervention in Ukraine would be a epic miscalculation in the most horrible fashion imaginable, but not because we would not totally dominate the battle space and pretty much destroy Russia’s capability to wage war in Ukraine, at least in the short term.==
US military didn’t fight more-less equal adversary from times of Vietnam and there it didn’t end well. And Korea before it too. Real war is a difference from even Afghan war.
SO for me your above words sound like total bragging.
SO for me your above words sound like total bragging. — I actually have a pretty realistic idea of what our capabilities are. Not bragging - just a statement of fact. If Biden ordered an American strike with a substantial fraction of our best forces and assets involved, it would be devastating. So would the Russian response be. The costs to both sides would be grim