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| Mark Steyn: The Scale of Humiliation |
| 2021-08-16 |
| From the article: [SteynOnline] Indeed, what difference would it make if it closed down its military? Obviously, it would present a few mid-life challenges for its corrupt Pentagon bureaucracy, since that many generals on the market for defense lobbyist gigs and board directorships all at once would likely depress the going rate. But, other than that, a military that accounts for 40 per cent of the planet's military spending can't perform either of the functions for which one has an army: it can't defeat overseas enemies, and it's not permitted to defend the country, as we see on the Rio Grande. So what's the point? Oh, oh, but, if a nation doesn't have an army to defend it, a quarter-of-a-million foreign invaders could just walk into the country with impunity every month! The scale of America's global humiliation is so total that I see my friends at Fox News cannot even bear to cover it. As I write, every other world network - the BBC, Deutsche Welle, France 24, not to mention the Chinese - is broadcasting the collapse of the American regime in real time; on Fox, meanwhile, they're talking about the spending bill and the third Covid shot and the dead Haitians ...as if the totality of the defeat is such that for once it cannot be fixed into the American right's usual consolations ("well, this positions us pretty nicely for 2022"). More at the link. Read the whole thing. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #4 If I were Taiwan I'd be crapping my self right now. Everyone in theater is probably re-assessing their options and plans. Certainly, Japan and Australia as well as Taiwan. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2021-08-16 21:14 |
| #3 Just the start. You think Xi-Xi isn't watching? If I were Taiwan I'd be crapping my self right now. |
| Posted by: Mercutio 2021-08-16 19:56 |
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| Posted by: badanov 2021-08-16 00:54 |
| #1 My father would be livid right now if he were alive. |
| Posted by: Raj 2021-08-16 00:37 |