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US Must Be Ready for Simultaneous Wars with China, Russia

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Re: US Must Be Ready for Simultaneous Wars with China, Russia

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>The United States must prepare for possible simultaneous wars with Russia and China by expanding its conventional forces, strengthening alliances and enhancing its nuclear weapons modernization program, a congressionally appointed bipartisan panel said on Thursday.

I wonder who is really pulling the strings here.

Re: US Must Be Ready for Simultaneous Wars with China, Russia

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>The United States must prepare for possible simultaneous wars with Russia and China by expanding its conventional forces, strengthening alliances and enhancing its nuclear weapons modernization program, a congressionally appointed bipartisan panel said on Thursday. I wonder who is really pulling the strings here.

Rockleed Martin and friends

Re: US Must Be Ready for Simultaneous Wars with China, Russia

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>The United States must prepare for possible simultaneous wars with Russia and China by expanding its conventional forces, strengthening alliances and enhancing its nuclear weapons modernization program, a congressionally appointed bipartisan panel said on Thursday. I wonder who is really pulling the strings here.

> we also believe the nation must make these investments

Interesting choice of words. Investment: the action or process of investing money for profit.

Re: US Must Be Ready for Simultaneous Wars with China, Russia

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>The United States must prepare for possible simultaneous wars with Russia and China by expanding its conventional forces, strengthening alliances and enhancing its nuclear weapons modernization program, a congressionally appointed bipartisan panel said on Thursday. I wonder who is really pulling the strings here.

Yeah, if I'm not currently relaxing on the couch I'd look up members of this panel and see who's been donating to them/what companies are in their jurisdiction...

Edit: Well I did look it up for the committee chair: https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/jack-reed/su...

Top 5 donators are all defense contractors...

Re: US Must Be Ready for Simultaneous Wars with China, Russia

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We could do with a president that actually cares about making life better for US citizens than being involved in someone else’s wars.

Other democracatic countries that want to buy US weapons can do so, but we shouldn’t be spending billions of our own money supporting them if we are continually raising debt ceiling.

With high inflation, low wage growth, increasingly expensive housing, healthcare, education, we gain little from other wars.

Re: US Must Be Ready for Simultaneous Wars with China, Russia

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We could do with a president that actually cares about making life better for US citizens than being involved in someone else’s wars. Other democracatic countries that want to buy US weapons can do so, but we shouldn’t be spending billions of our own money supporting them if we are continually raising debt ceiling. With high inflation, low wage growth, increasingly expensive housing, healthcare, education, we gain li…

The whataboutism in this line of thinking is not helpful.

Have you considered what happens if the US doesn't engage? This was the same stance before WW2, which the US eventually entered late, and cost more in the long run.

If America is to be great again, what would the previously great America have done in this situation?

Condoleezza Rice on Russia, China, and Great Power Conflict: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dF7uuxRliBU | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhMX2AB8mjA (2 parts)

> We could do with a president that actually cares about making life better for US citizens than being involved in someone else’s wars.

When was the last time a US president did not have a war going on during their time in office?

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