The aggressors came looking for us bloodied and already involved with other enemies. Being last to fight was a huge advantage and one that our geographical separation should guarantee if we had prudent leadership.
It’s been a couple of hours since I asked you about your military service under Reagan, what’s the deal?
No, it was not an advantage; quite the opposite. Both times, we barely won; it was anything but decisive. What makes it worse is what we could have prevented by being decisive. George Washington would have been apoplectic over our unpreparedness.