[hinckley buzzard]

Iran and our enemies will be emboldened.

Hopefully our allies will be emboldend too--to see to their own defense. Israel and Japan et al. are not about to get dragged over the precipice just because a moral and political coward rules from the White House.

[adorno]

Hopefully our allies will be emboldend too--to see to their own defense.

You cannot count of something which is no longer possible.

A weak economic power cannot defend itself. Most of what the economy produces is needed to feed and house the people. A weak economy cannot produce enough to build or maintain a military. For the last 50 years, the European countries have been able to experiment with socialism while America provided the military prowess for the EU defense.

With a weakened U.S. economy and thereby a weakened U.S. military, the Europeans might have to provide for their own defense. But, with no economic capability to build their defense departments, there will be more conflicts or wars. The enemy knows how to take advantage of a weak country.