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by lmm 39 days ago
> The Iran war doesn't count as the alignment of interest requires an actual threat of being defeated.

That's starting to sound a bit no-true-scotsman. If we need an existential threat to the US, that's not going to happen - realistically China conquering Taiwan or even building an empire around the Pacific would still not be felt as such a threat.
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cjbgkagh 39 days ago
To align the interests there has to be a substantial negative consequence that would be felt by the grifters if the endeavor fails.

The US is already close to losing world hegemony status and it kinda needs it in order to print money / export inflation. A multipolar world is one where the US is greatly diminished and this will happen with or without losing a war.

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lmm 39 days ago
> To align the interests there has to be a substantial negative consequence that would be felt by the grifters if the endeavor fails.

Like what though? The failure in Iran has had pretty substantial consequences that are being felt. If that's not good enough, what is? You were talking like you thought there was a realistic path to a better military, but consequences for the US aren't going to come much bigger than this.

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cjbgkagh 39 days ago
You're conflating the grifters with the US in general, the grivers are able to continue grifting even at the expense of the US. This is requiring too much hand-holding from me so I'm done with this conversation.
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