[whycombigator]

I agree that's what the US used to do.

Now it's threatening to invade NATO allies, and other allies are deploying troops to deter that; Which makes perfect sense because you cannot appease authoritarians.

The US is in fairly rapid, self inflicted, decline at this point.

[lwansbrough]

I have faith that the Americans will right the ship. "Americans will always do the right thing, only after they have tried everything else."

[whycombigator]

They're just getting started on "everything else".

My sense is this is an inflection point, and it may take decades to play out. At that point, the world will have irreversibly changed.