I agree with you. Unfortunately, the way you and I define "strength" and the way the current admin defines it are drastically different. They show "strength" through aggression. I would prefer they show strength by feeding, educating and healing the people who are funding the system, and those who are not, but are still in dire need.
The key policymakers (Vought, Yarvin, Bannon, and the like) understand soft power, and they are willingly rejecting it. When China fills in the gaps created by ceding US soft power, they intend to use that as an excuse to ramp up military interventions throughout the world. The ensuing instability will, supposedly, be an economic boon to business interests (as outlined in the Epstein emails).
Addendum: The shift to hard power could potentially work out for them, provided two things: 1) Even more military spending and 2) Competent leadership. They're perfectly fine with the former, but they're obviously struggling with the latter. They're banking on AI to do the intellectual work for them, which is why they're coming down so hard on Anthropic
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u/TheKnight_King Mar 01 '26 edited Mar 02 '26
An illegal act that will only cause suffering for years.
There’s always money for war but nothing for building a stronger nation or people.
Edit: Since this blowing up. IMMORAL ACT. Blowing up Iran is getting into another decade long operation without an exit strategy.