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The game theoretic irony is that peace can often only be achieved by building up the military strength to deter potential attackers. There are a few places in the world where US involvement can lead tonkore stability.

Faltering US support for the Ukraine will tempt Russia into more territorial expansion towards or even into NATO.

China will probably ramp up aggression against Taiwan and against the Philippines. It is a minor miracle that no lethal shots have yet been fired in the persistent and aggressive military incursions into Philippines territorial waters. Several navy vessels have already been damaged this year.

I believe that the best way to release tensions in the Middle East would be by improving relations with Iran - but Trump bombed the deal that would have enabled that. The relqtive economic stength of the US could have been a good motivatir. Now Iran is aligning itself with Russia.

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> The game theoretic irony is that peace can often only be achieved by building up the military strength to deter potential attackers.

Nobody has attacked the USA since Pearl Harbor. Military strength has been used to impose hegemony over other parts of the world, not to protect the nation.

> There are a few places in the world where US involvement can lead tonkore stability.

How can you say that after the countless deaths, pain, and strife caused by the USA in the Middle East, Asia, and South America?

> Military strength has been used to impose hegemony over other parts of the world, not to protect the nation.

I'm not a scholar of military history. I assumed that no one would dare attack the US because the US military is larger than the next ~dozen militaries combined?

> Nobody has attacked the USA since Pearl Harbor.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_11_attacks

Seems big to leave out especially since your next remark is about strife caused by the USA in the Middle East...

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