I can't believe how much has been forgotten or maybe it is just not being taught any more. Either way it is time for a very quick refresser before people are dumb enough to start this evil war that destroys our future.
Exactly, I don’t understand why people here are saying we would beat the Russians, etc...Russian military strategy has at it’s core the use of nuclear weapons as a de-escalation move and failing that mutual assured destruction, which means any war with Russia would involve a nuclear exchange. As the west can’t and won’t accept high casualties, the west would blink first. MAD is exactly why you have a country like North Korea going full force for nuclear weapons because once they have enough and a credible delivery system, we would not ever attack them. As far as American military superiority goes, we can crush conventional forces but are still in Afghanistan 15 years later. The answer here is not war with Russia. People here are too gung ho for pointless wars.
I understand that the Syria strike was about signalling to a lot of different players about the resolve of the US. I sincerely doubt we plan on toppling Assad or going to war with Russia or North Korea but we have signaled to increase our credibility in negotiations. If we did get involved in a large way on the ground to topple Assad and bring in something like ISIS leadership that would be another in a string of recent pointless, expensive American adventures in the middle east. I don’t care about the Syrians or any other Arab. I care about the United States.
Thank you for the dose of reality.
The War Monger contingent is out in force this morning.
Another Iraq type war in the ME will end Trump’s presidency. He has much more important things to do (MAGA) than to get messed up in this never ending mess.