[Alas Babylon!]

Were that the case, Chinese military planners, who otherwise might be buoyed by reports of war games that resulted in American maritime “losses” in a war over Taiwan, would be forced to think again. So, too, would potential defeatists in Taiwan itself.

I can understand this.

After all, it was Japan's belief that they could destroy the entire American fleet at Pearl Harbor and then we'd have no choice but to sue for peace, but the bigger miscalculation was as Yamamoto said, you CANNOT knock out the RESOLVE of America to keep fighting, and it's ability to replace ALL of its loses.

Well,the fleet WAS almost knocked out; lucky our carriers weren't there.

Since then, a long held strategic American objective is to convince the world that we're so strong that no one can attack us without destroying themselves.

We never want an enemy to believe they can beat us, because if even if they can't (like 1941 Japan), when they believe they can, wars happen.

[kaehurowing]

Do you think you can get ANY of the Millenials to go to war? Would you want them?

People around the world are looking at us and saying we are in bad shape.