“We have missile intercept capablitiies now deployed, though limited. Thank you Ronald Reagan.
And we still have a nuclear arsenal triad to wipe them out should they ever think they can sucessfully defeat us in a nuclear exchange.
They ain’t that stupid.”
Please answer WHY then do we need troops all over the globe?
“Please answer WHY then do we need troops all over the globe?”
Because the chinese threat is DIFFERENT from other threats in the world.
We are enablers of freedom on the global stage like it or not. We do so with our military presence, often times it is for pure deterrence, just like our nukes in silos here at home.
Legions of freedoms defenders abroad, keep us safe at home, and the world is safer too.