The U.S. is like an over-confident, aging vigilante that keeps picking fights and losing.
I'm not saying that there aren't bad actors in the world. I'm saying that U.S. efforts to address them via military means too often backfire. We can't afford to be world policeman. Even Republican voters want an end to these endless, stupid wars.
Relevant articles:
Pepe Escobar's The Chinese Miracle, Revisited. The article speaks of the historical dominance of China in various points in its past, and of its recent economic successes.
In contrast, the U.S. is largely dysfunctional. Our politics is hopelessly divided. GOP Rep. Chip Roy says he wants '18 more months of chaos and the inability to get stuff done'. That article is current (July, 2021), but the attitude is typical: Mitch McConnell under fire for saying top priority is making Obama one-term president. How can the U.S. compete with China under these circumstances?
We can't even build a fighter jet. The F-35 jet is a "rat-hole"; see The epic failure of the trillion dollar F-35 fighter jet program.
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On the Brink of War with China in 2026
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