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America and Its Allies are Unprepared for the Next Great War
nationalinterest.org ^ | 05-08-2021 | dakota wood

Posted on 05/09/2021 9:00:18 AM PDT by em2vn

Do the Biden administration and the Democratic majority in Congress believe that America’s major competitors are willing to wait for the United States to sort out its domestic problems before ensuring the country has a military capable of defending its interests? That’s the impression one gets from following the money.

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KEYWORDS: allies; chatforum; military; notnews; war
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To: em2vn

Dear Lord, reverse the stolen 2020 election, as only You can do!!!!


21 posted on 05/09/2021 9:26:01 AM PDT by Honorary Serb (Kosovo is Serbia! Free Srpska! Abolish ICTY!)
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To: em2vn

Nonsense. We are totally prepared for the next transgender sexual identity war.

Truth is, ain’t nobody going to invade America. Except maybe Mexico. It’s a hell of a lot easier to just unleash a pandemic and let us kill ourselves.


22 posted on 05/09/2021 9:26:42 AM PDT by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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To: em2vn

“...Unprepared for the Next Great War...” ??

1.) We are already IN a war

2.) Only aggressors are prepared


23 posted on 05/09/2021 9:27:18 AM PDT by SMARTY ( "Force always attracts men of low morality. " Albert Einstein)
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To: USAF1985

“Nukes...the great equalizer. “

Actually, probably not. That’s because the conflicts America is faced with are not the big state vs. the US. It’s more a war of ideologies. And, we are in an ideological war right here at home. We are in the next Civil War right now. To simplify it, the liberals are on the side of America’s enemies because, to them, the enemy of my enemy is my friend. Thus, you have the alphabet crowd siding with Muslims who would be required to kill them if they were running the show. But, I digress.

Take any conflict you can think of, Syria, ISIS, any African country, Russia/Ukraine. I can’t see nuclear weapons playing a role, at least from the US side. Now, let’s suppose Hamas gets a nuke and sets it off in DC. Are we going to nuke Hamas? I can hear a chorus of yes! But what and where is Hamas? It’s not a country. Let’s say that the group that nuked DC is The Rotary Club. Would you nuke The Rotary Club headquarters? Probably not. And, as far as the Muslim world is concerned, Hamas is just a tiny spec in their country and they can’t get rid of them, even though, say, Lebanon has tried. Are we going to nuke Lebanon? Probably not. As a former Marine buddy said of his several tours in Afghanistan,(approximately) “I knew natives who were very much in favor of us. Then, their relatives would end up collaterals and suddenly, they hate our guts. It’s just a really bad situation and I don’t think we should even be there because you can’t tell who the bad guys are. Especially, from F-16.”

And, what weapon are we likely to face? We know, for example, that Iran sent scientists to collect samples during an outbreak of hemorrhagic fever. When you worship the Mahdi, who represents Armageddon, then, suddenly, a human race ending plague is on the table. Most likely though, we will face hordes of drones. Little, cheap, weapons that can be assembled in a toy factory. we have almost no defense and, it’s often the case that we can’t find who produced them or who used them. In my book, they are the next big killers. Countries with big infrastructure are the richest target zones. Again, there’s nobody to nuke.

The biggest deterrent is a blustering president who seems unhinged and tweets a lot of threatening things. Not one who can’t make it up a set of stairs. The threat of retaliation in kind is much worse than any actual retaliation.


24 posted on 05/09/2021 9:27:52 AM PDT by Gen.Blather (Wait! I said that out loud? )
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To: corkoman

Thomas Jefferson took on the Barbary pirates. John Adams fought him every step of the way. Washington wanted to keep paying them off. Would the world be better off if he didn’t fight them? Was the war a form of corporate welfare/deep state?


25 posted on 05/09/2021 9:28:44 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (`)
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To: RideForever

1) if Infidels are present, Sunni and Shi’a Islamic sects will unite to enslave (physical, sexual, economic), convert, or annihilate all Infidels

2) If Infidels are not present, Sunni will turn against Shi’a sects to annihilate each other until there is a ‘winner’.

3) If the Shi’a win, they will be taken over by the 12er Sect.

4) If the 12er sect of the Shi’a take over the Islamic cult, they will proceed to bring the entire human race to Paradise (aka extinction) with the last two 12ers obligated to kill each other.


26 posted on 05/09/2021 9:30:18 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: em2vn; riri
ensuring the country has a military capable of defending its interests?

Of course, if you visit the website of the "Center for the National Interest", you may find that their definition of the "national interest" is rather broad.

27 posted on 05/09/2021 9:31:47 AM PDT by Jim Noble (Extremism in the defense of Liberty is no vice)
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To: em2vn

We are already in the Next Great War, and China is winning.

The CCP virus bioweapon was the first assault


28 posted on 05/09/2021 9:32:41 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Anti-racism looks suspiciously like racism.)
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To: Soul of the South
The US of today is very different than on December 7, 1941. We have less capability to fight today than we did in 1941 and 1917 combined.
29 posted on 05/09/2021 9:32:46 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: Empire_of_Liberty

Germany’s track record:

They THINK they’re ready, but they’re not, and end up losing.


30 posted on 05/09/2021 9:34:14 AM PDT by Jim W N (MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ (Jude 3) and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
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To: em2vn

The writer is a simpleton. His solution is money. He didn’t breathe a word about the cultural rot in our nation. No amount of money can overcome that.


31 posted on 05/09/2021 9:36:01 AM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. .... )
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To: hardspunned

> A huge segment of the population is obese, self indulgent, lazy and dependent on government. <

There might be a better word, but I’d add “suspicious” that list. Four guys I know (ex-students of mine) volunteered for the army right after 9/11. They all survived, but one of them came back maimed for life.

And for what? It’s all on George W. Bush. His near-nonexistent WMD “evidence” got us into a horrible war. So who can blame anyone for doubting anything the government says now? The trust is broken, maybe forever.

And, of course, the continually lying media doesn’t help either.


32 posted on 05/09/2021 9:36:50 AM PDT by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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To: Levy78

33 posted on 05/09/2021 9:38:15 AM PDT by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: Gen.Blather

Lebanon has tried. Are we going to nuke Lebanon? Probably not


If it is an undefined stateless muslim group just nuke Mecca Medina and Riyadh. Total and absolute end to the muslim cult. All the remaining adherents will convert because their ‘god’ has been humiliated and shown to be less powerful than the God of the West; further, its personally humiliating for those individuals to pray 5 times a day to radioactive ruins.


34 posted on 05/09/2021 9:39:13 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: Leaning Right

You seriously believe that Biden is making any decisions? It’s either Obama or the Chicoms. Neither of which would go to war with Russia.

Ukraine will be sacrificed in an instant. The Balkans is another matter entirely.


35 posted on 05/09/2021 9:39:35 AM PDT by Flavious_Maximus
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To: em2vn

36 posted on 05/09/2021 9:40:12 AM PDT by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: MtnClimber

“I’m not a conspiracist, but if you said, how would you destroy the United States....”

Victor Davis Hanson on how to destroy America. The Dems are checking every block.

Jump in at 17:50 for the money excerpt, then go back and watch it all.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlX-wKvQ1E8&t=1072s&ab_channel=TheSheridanFiles


37 posted on 05/09/2021 9:41:20 AM PDT by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: Honorary Serb

Dear Lord, reverse the stolen 2020 election, as only You can do!!!!”””

Why should God live our lives for us? He gave us this great nation and we let the Demon party take it in a ludicrously obvious theft. Maybe He should breath for us too...


38 posted on 05/09/2021 9:41:41 AM PDT by TalBlack (We have a Christian duty and a patriotic duty. God help us.)
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To: Bob434

Someone smarter than me said something like - Others are prepared or preparing for war and our new recruits don’t know which bathroom to use.


39 posted on 05/09/2021 9:42:04 AM PDT by certrtwngnut (4- Do something,,,,even if it's wrong.)
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To: Jim W N
EVERYBODY is Unprepared for the Next Great War.

Except the aggressors, if history is any indication.

40 posted on 05/09/2021 9:42:31 AM PDT by Mr Ramsbotham ("God is a spirit, and man His means of walking on the earth.")
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