[hackly]

Trust doesn’t matter if you have the most powerful military force in the world. You think the middle eastern countries surrounding Israel trust Netanyahu? Nope, but they sure fall in line and keep the negotiated peace because let’s face it, all of them combined will crumble before a single Israeli battalion. Might does indeed work in negotiations regardless of trust.

[anigbrowl]

Talk about hubris. The US military is specified to fight a 2 front war, but has proved singularly unable to defeat other countries in occupation. The idea the US can just blackmail the world by force may be about to be tested, but I wouldn't be willing to bet on its success.