“”””I’m old enough to remember when our leaders feared nuclear war and tried to avoid any potential for one.””””
I also remember when we did that by bristling with nuclear weapons and maintaining over 3 million Americans in the military and conducting massive Reforgers, and fighting Russians and Chinese in Korea and Vietnam.
A weak NATO invites trouble, it doesn’t avoid it, NATO is right to be looking at military preparedness and spending more.
Jimmy Carter put us in a situation where we were anticipating WWIII in 1984, Reagan cut loose and closed that window with a lot of military energy and spending.
Now, it's business, one that thrives off aggression and bullying. And, that is what dangerous.
Russia absolutely did not have to be our enemy. Our actions and NATOs in Ukraine made them our enemy. And, that in turn, pushed Russia into an alliance with China, both militarily and economically.
The dollar and petrodollar are now endangered as the world's currency. If we keep pushing, we're looking at potential with Russia and China, which we'd lose.