"Is 'peace through strength' still a viable strategy? I don't know - that ship might have sailed. Now it might be who has the throw power to turn the other guy into dust before he can do the same to us. Can we keep the dove flying and carrying that olive branch? I sure hope so. The alternative is pretty awful."
Don't look now, but our world is a mess. A first-class mess. Why? Nobody seems to get along. Even in our country, even with the signing into law of the new BBB, people are still at each other's throats. And worldwide? Who is fighting with whom? I don't know - pick a spot. Pretty much in all corners of the world, somebody is at war, or threatening to go to war, with somebody else. As the old Yiddish saying goes - "Such is life".
Believe it or not, we have a real peacenik for a President. A "peace through strength" type of leader. Take Iran for an example. It would not have taken much convincing to get Israel to go in with us and turn much of Iran into dust. But Trump did not want to do that. He just wanted to change behaviors. Have Iran give up on their nukes. Unfortunately, it seems as if Iran did not get the message. They are still bellicose. Their proxies are still active (to a degree). Now what? Hit them harder? Have the war in the Middle East wage on?
What about Ukraine? Trump and his skilled team of negotiators have thrown everything but the kitchen sink into that mess. Putin seems committed to wrap this thing up in total victory for Russia, no matter what the price in human lives are. But to have a lasting peace, both sides have to want it. I think Putin would have his Army march into hell and back before he would agree to any peace terms other than victory.
How about in the Indo-Pacific? Has everything settled down over there. Not by a long shot. Still the world's cauldron right now. China is spatting with Viet Nam, Japan with Russia, and everybody is getting armed to the teeth. Taiwan is still ground zero for bad things which could happen. And what if they do happen? Should war break out, how big could it be? Very big. It could take up the entire region. Would the US get sucking into this conflict? Absolutely - even if Trump would try and keep us out of it, we would be all in.
Meanwhile, the nations of the Earth are buying and/or building new weaponry galore. Hypersonic, stealthy, powerful - the shopping list goes on and on. What about us? Are we taking part in this orgy of weaponry also? Oh, yes. Some of the stuff we are coming up with is beyond scary. And the BBB is loaded up with new funding to build some more.
Is "peace through strength" still a viable strategy? I don't know - that ship might have sailed. Now it might be who has the throw power to turn the other guy into dust before he can do the same to us. Can we keep the dove flying and carrying that olive branch? I sure hope so. The alternative is pretty awful.
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