[ansel12]

Large wars have become pointless and expensive. The U.S. will never fight a war against China, just as we never fought a war against the Soviet Union.

If you had been in charge, and we had the American/NATO forces in Europe that we have today, and the little bit backing them today, then the Russians would have taken Europe.

Foreign leaders, including allies that live in dangerous neighborhoods, have not been watching us for the last fifty years without noticing how weak we are today, and how we have revealed that we are still splendid in a short race, but have surrendered the muscle and depth for the big ones.

[Alberta's Child]

You are flat-out wrong about that. If I were in charge I would have abided by each and every treaty obligation the U.S. had.

The U.S. never would have fought a major conventional war in Europe in the nuclear age. We won the Cold War by never fighting the "hot" one. We live in an age of fourth-generation warfare now, and a lot of the conventional thinking about military campaigns from prior generations has gone right out the window.