What “real” conflict?
The national government won’t protect our own borders.
On the other hand they seem inclined to getting American troops involved in decades long open ended wars with no clearly defined goals, on the other side of the world, for no particular compelling reason that anyone can divine. Rest assured though, the ROI will be much different when the leftists deploy the military on US soil, and you just know they can’t wait for that.
Of that I have no doubt whatsoever