Uh, no. You didn't "simply" ask that question.
And you still have yet to supply any evidence to support asking any such "simple" question.
You are merely a despicable piece of filth, without any conception of "honor." I spent eight years in the Marine Corps defending this nation and all it stands for--which, the last time I checked, didn't include being subject to anonymous innuendo regarding my loyalty, fidelity, and patriotism as the price of disagreeing with an ignorant fool.
Naturally, it is possible that your reflexive downplaying of the PRC, Russia and other large hostile nation states is simply a difference of opinion.
Oh, wow. You're saying it's POSSIBLE that I'm a loyal American. So (expletive deleted) generous of you.
I don't recall seeing your (Biblical Beast of Burden) when I was standing on the ramparts of freedom.
If that is the case, then so be it, we agree to disagree.
You're still worthless.
Your methods are classically Gramscian: no tactic is too vile, no slander too vicious, the only thing that counts is to make the charge, and then scurry off into the gloom when challenged.
It is also possible that you want to present yourself as simply a fellow patriot who disagrees with me, but in reality you have an explicit goal to downplay certain things and thereby exert some form of influence over our military strategy and defense outlays.
If you really think that Free Republic has any influence over military strategy and defense outlays, then you're either (a) overcome with delusions of adequacy, or (b) a clueless commie from Beijing seeking to exert "some form of influence over our military strategy and defense outlays" on the cheap. Newsflash: it won't work.
I suppose in a semi anonymous forum true proof is never possible.
You made the allegation. You were offered every opportunity to provide proof. You failed to do so. You merely ran away at high velocity when confronted.
I do plan to do a statistical analysis, at some point, regarding your opinions on matters of the threats posed by hostile great powers.
Find me a "hostile great power" first. There's America--and the distant also-rans.
No time to do it this week, but I'll eventually get to it and post it on this forum.
That's nice.
I will do a statistical analysis on how many times you run away whenever directly challenged, just like a cockroach does when somebody flips on the lights. It's a frequent habit of yours.