As we have become obsessed with the different generations, it is interesting to me to see the different reactions, by Generation to the current issues between Hamas and Israel. My generation is very supportive of Israel and the college age (and immediate post-college crowd) is very pro-Hamas. How do those pro-Hamas (River to sea folks) think about Ukraine? Taiwan? If they will elect leaders prepared to abandon Israel,. will those elected leaders also be willing to abandon Ukraine. Will they be willing to let West Taiwan absorb Taiwan? What about another Chinese incursion into India? If hands off is the future path of our foreign affairs goals, we won't need much of a Defense Force,
Econ 101 taught us the societal tradeoff between "guns and butter". You correctly point out that our nation chose the "guns" route toward power projection long ago, and we have seldom waivered off that course. "Live by the sword and die by the sword" seems an apt description of where we find ourselves today, whether talking internally about near total rejection of most any form of gun safety regulations or of the treasure we spend on projecting military power externally. Or that we reportedly spend more on health care than any other nation, but the average life span of our population is in decline. Historians will surely have a field day when analyzing how our society faired as a direct result of these choices.
As we have become obsessed with the different generations, it is interesting to me to see the different reactions, by Generation to the current issues between Hamas and Israel. My generation is very supportive of Israel and the college age (and immediate post-college crowd) is very pro-Hamas. How do those pro-Hamas (River to sea folks) think about Ukraine? Taiwan? If they will elect leaders prepared to abandon Israel,. will those elected leaders also be willing to abandon Ukraine. Will they be willing to let West Taiwan absorb Taiwan? What about another Chinese incursion into India? If hands off is the future path of our foreign affairs goals, we won't need much of a Defense Force,
Econ 101 taught us the societal tradeoff between "guns and butter". You correctly point out that our nation chose the "guns" route toward power projection long ago, and we have seldom waivered off that course. "Live by the sword and die by the sword" seems an apt description of where we find ourselves today, whether talking internally about near total rejection of most any form of gun safety regulations or of the treasure we spend on projecting military power externally. Or that we reportedly spend more on health care than any other nation, but the average life span of our population is in decline. Historians will surely have a field day when analyzing how our society faired as a direct result of these choices.