One of the great mistakes the US made after WWII was to assume the responsibility and cost of defending Europe from the Soviet Union. The Europeans funded their welfare state with the defense savings and the US turned to deficit spending to support both social welfare and a global military force.
Today Europe cannot defend itself and the USA is economically and morally bankrupt. Our industrial infrastructure is gone. We now print money because we don’t produce enough goods people want to buy and we can no longer borrow enough to fund our spending. We may have nuclear powered super carriers but we cannot afford to keep them all at sea, much less send men into space.
The end game is likely near. Our nation is like a millionaire who goes to Vegas and loses his fortune gambling and whoring. We are now at home facing the fact the job is lost, the credit cards are maxed out, the home is being foreclosed, the neighbors are disgusted, and the rubber checks have now started to bounce. If Russia and China sent Obama a message today they would together annihilate us if we didn’t surrender, Obama would capitulate. It would not surprise me if Obama has secretly reduced our nuclear deterrent to nothing while Russia and China gave secretly been adding to their arsenals.
If we decided to fight Russia and China, how long would we last. The chips for our high tech weapons are made in China. Most consumer goods are made outside this country including over 90% of the clothing. In WWII we were self sufficient in energy, manufacturing and agriculture. Today we are not self sufficient in any of these three. All it will take is a few EMP weapons to shut down the electric grid and push us into the 18th century. A year later, after nearly 300 million people have starved to death or killed each other the Chicoms can send millions of their citizens to repopulate the land and the Russians can take anything they want in Europe.
We are preoccupied with gay marriage, income inequality, unrestricted abortions, and the Kardashians. Meanwhile Russia, China, and the Islamists are on the march.
China’s wealth is a bubble which is fueled by business with the West. It has no reason (now) to want such a war. If it collapses and becomes desperate that could be a different story.
Agree with your overall sentiments but the fed and easy money bubble still hasn't popped. Case in point: My illegal alien neighbors who work at Chuck e Cheese and the french fry plant have somehow acquired a $35,000 Nissan Armada. Wonders of consumer credit and recycled SS#s. I drive old Geo Metro type stuff.
“We are now at home facing the fact the job is lost, the credit cards are maxed out, the home is being foreclosed, the neighbors are disgusted, and the rubber checks have now started to bounce.”
The neighbors are coming into our house, eating our food, stealing our money, and teaching our dog to follow spanish commands.
Don't you hate being right all the time?