Thank you for replying. It seems discouraging that we spend 10 times what the Russians do on defense yet seem severely limited in what we can do in a proxy war with them because of their nuke threats. What are we getting for that defense budget? Is it corruptly diverted or mis applied? We seem poorly served by our choices here financially. If Russias and others nukes threats really negate our options then the lesson to Iran and others is to develop their own nukes at any cost to negate our influence. This assumes our influence is benevolent and righteous. If it is not due to lies and corruption then reality is worse than I feared.
This lesson should be apparent to any national leader with an IQ of room temperature.
We're not the good guys anymore, and we won't be for as long as Hydra is running the show in this country. (That most Americans don't beat their wives or kick their dogs is hardly sufficient reason for the rest of humanity to trust the US.)