It looks to me like the 2020s are starting not with a bang, but more the thud of a surgical strike I’ll never witness in real time… as the disintegration and social malaise of the previous decade come to an end, two situations are holding my attention for the current one: Suleimani's slaying and the situation surrounding Second Amendment rights in Virginia, among other states. An effective military is beneficial to us, as the warrior caste well realized has always been crucial to the stability of a society, from the Akkadians long ago to the Germans in recent centuries; however,...