DrRyanSkelton
· 3d
I think it is reasonable to state "we could win if we fought viciously like savages" about all the previous engagements in which we fought like girly bureaucrats but after about six of those I think y...
True, but the typical "nuke 'em till they glow" alternative approaches people keep proposing would have end states that would make a "victory" far worse than a typical "defeat".
When all the power projection capabilities are centered around carrier strike groups and surface-to-ship ballistic missiles mean you effectively can't use them, what is left? ICBMS? Real, actual mass murder in an attempt to prevent a theoretical mass murder in a future where the "bad guys" strike first? Makes no strategic or moral sense. Especially in a world where there are 90 million of them and there's always going to be survivors screaming for vengeance.