A Heartbeat Away From A War We Could Lose

[Rightguide]

America Is a Heartbeat Away From a War It Could Lose​

Global war is neither a theoretical contingency nor the fever dream of hawks and militarists.
By A. Wess Mitchell, a principal at The Marathon Initiative and a former assistant secretary of state for Europe and Eurasia.

NOVEMBER 16, 2023, 5:34 AM
The United States is a heartbeat away from a world war that it could lose. There are serious conflicts requiring U.S. attention in two of the world’s three most strategically important regions. Should China decide to launch an attack on Taiwan, the situation could quickly escalate into a global war on three fronts, directly or indirectly involving the United States. The hour is late, and while there are options for improving the U.S. position, they all require serious effort and inevitable trade-offs. It’s time to move with real urgency to mobilize the United States, its defenses, and its allies for what could become the world crisis of our time.

Describing the United States’ predicament in such stark terms may strike many readers as alarmist. The United States has long been the most powerful nation on earth. It won two world wars, defeated the Soviet Union, and still possesses the world’s top military. For the past year and a half, the United States has been imposing gigantic costs on Russia by supporting Ukraine—so much so that it seemed conceivable to this author that the United States might be able to sequence its contests by inflicting a decisive defeat-by-proxy on Russia before turning its primary attention to strengthening the U.S. military posture in the Indo-Pacific.

But that strategy is becoming less viable by the day. As Russia mobilizes for a long war in Ukraine and a new front opens in the Levant, the temptation will grow for a rapidly arming China to make a move on Taiwan. Already, Beijing is testing Washington in East Asia, knowing full well that the United States would struggle to deal with a third geopolitical crisis. If war does come, the United States would find some very important factors suddenly working against it.

One of those factors is geography. As the last two U.S. National Defense Strategies made clear and the latest congressional strategic posture commission confirmed, today’s U.S. military is not designed to fight wars against two major rivals simultaneously. In the event of a Chinese attack on Taiwan, the United States would be hard-pressed to rebuff the attack while keeping up the flow of support to Ukraine and Israel.

Much more here: https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/11/1...-ukraine-world-war-defense-security-strategy/

This is no conservative site, it's from Foreign Policy Magazine a leftwing publication.

 

[ll74]

Fear mongering is dumb

 

[RobDownSouth]

Fear mongering is dumb

Might be time to invest in companies that manufacture fainting couches. Rightguide's couch seems destined to fall apart from the continual tear stains.

 

[lovecraft68]

The US will fight whichever war profits Biden, Pelosi, and their sons.

 

[DeluxAuto]

The US will fight whichever war profits Biden, Pelosi, and their sons.

You say a lot of really dumb shit. You should #bebest.

 

[Rightguide]

Fear mongering is dumb

Pronouncing the truth and the geopolitical facts is not fear-mongering.

 

[Rightguide]

Might be time to invest in companies that manufacture fainting couches. Rightguide's couch seems destined to fall apart from the continual tear stains.

I didn't write the article but I would prefer if what is being warned is in fact coming I would want us to be prepared. I wouldn't want to live on my knees as some UrbanCowboyDownSouth with false teeth might prefer.

 

[ll74]

Pronouncing the truth and the geopolitical facts

You aren't doing that.

You're quoting a fear mongering article from a known fear mongering asshole and then piling on top of it with your bullshit.

Even the author let's people know that he's considered over the top.

 

[Fuzzy1975]

I didn't write the article but I would prefer if what is being warned is in fact coming I would want us to be prepared. I wouldn't want to live on my knees as some UrbanCowboyDownSouth with false teeth might prefer.

You're already on your fucking knees, scared shitless of your own shadow.

So back to that little quest I tasked you with a few months ago, find any woman on Lit who would publicly state she'd have sex with you? I'll even accept yes answers from ones who only agree, because you have some cans of corn.....

 

[PaxNurgle]

I didn't write the article but I would prefer if what is being warned is in fact coming I would want us to be prepared. I wouldn't want to live on my knees as some UrbanCowboyDownSouth with false teeth might prefer.

No, but you would prefer to live on your knees under a jack-booted authoritarian dictatorship, as you have made clear over and over with each and every post you make. I don't know which is worse, honestly.

 

[JoePepsiCo]

If you do not daily prepare for war, war will come to you.

We need to stop worrying about "saving the planet" and focus on saving us first.
If a government cannot do that then it is no better than an altruistic tyranny and should be overthrown.

 

[Rightguide]

You aren't doing that.

You're quoting a fear mongering article from a known fear mongering asshole and then piling on top of it with your bullshit.

Even the author let's people know that he's considered over the top.

Show us the receipts that he is a fear-mongering asshole. Start here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._Wess_Mitchell#cite_note-Morello-2

 

[ll74]

Show us the receipts that he is a fear-mongering asshole. Start here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._Wess_Mitchell#cite_note-Morello-2

You already posted the receipts.

 

[Rightguide]

You already posted the receipts.

Just as I thought another lazy mythological leftwing claim.

 

[ll74]

Just as I thought another lazy mythological leftwing claim.

"We're going to war and we're not prepared"

Speculation about a worse case scenario = fear mongering.

That's all you have

 

[Lazaran]

If you do not daily prepare for war, war will come to you.

We need to stop worrying about "saving the planet" and focus on saving us first.
If a government cannot do that then it is no better than an altruistic tyranny and should be overthrown.

^
Dumbfuck doesn’t understand the correlation between deteriorating global environmental conditions exacerbated by Climate Change and the increasing threats to America’s national security.

Also:

Climate Change induced sea levels rise and droughts that are currently compromising freshwater reservoirs and will eventually compromise Naval ports’ ability to function without MAJOR construction projects, is also a threat to America’s national security,

JFC

SAD!!!

 

[DeluxAuto]

Just as I thought another lazy mythological leftwing claim.

You're an election denier. Hush your dumb face.

 

[Rightguide]

"We're going to war and we're not prepared"

Speculation about a worse case scenario = fear mongering.

That's all you have

So tell us how he's wrong and why reporting evidence of the gathering winds of war is fear-mongering and not simply visionary or prescient.

 

[ll74]

So tell us how he's wrong and why reporting evidence of the gathering winds of war is fear-mongering and not simply visionary or prescient.

That's not what he is doing. And it is certainly not what you're doing.

As with every single thread you post, you promote fear porn in order to lash out at the President who loves in your head rent free.

 

[Rightguide]

That's not what he is doing. And it is certainly not what you're doing.

As with every single thread you post, you promote fear porn in order to lash out at the President who loves in your head rent free.

You are either a liar or illiterate. He doesn't live or love in my head. He assaults every thinking person in America who pursues the truth with his lies as do you with your ever belabored defense of his insanity.

 

[ll74]

You are either a liar or illiterate. He doesn't live or love in my head. He assaults every thinking person in America who pursues the truth with his lies as do you with your ever belabored defense of his insanity.

Lol....your threads demonstrate what you can't publicly accept.

 

[Fuzzy1975]

. He doesn't live or love in my head.

He does what now????

 

[Rightguide]

Lol....your threads demonstrate what you can't publicly accept.

Your posts demonstrate your lack of intellectual prowess. The fact that you can accept an irrational dunce issuing insane policies at the very top of American authority proves it as well.

 

[ll74]

Your posts demonstrate your lack of intellectual prowess. The fact that you can accept an irrational dunce issuing insane policies at the very top of American authority proves it as well.

Me pointing out your BDS?

Everything in America that is wrong comes down to one man.

B
D
S

 

[ll74]

Your posts demonstrate your lack of intellectual prowess. The fact that you can accept an irrational dunce issuing insane policies at the very top of American authority proves it as well.

Here's a question - if you're so concerned about our country, then why are you only aware of one candidate's behavior? Trump literally said Xi was a good leader because he rules billions with an iron fist....guess that's cool.