Sometimes you can just ask someone what their motivations are and they simply tell you: Summary of the 2018 National Defense Strategy of the USA https://dod.de

Sometimes you can just ask someone what their motivations are and they simply tell you: Summary of the 2018 National Defense Strategy of the USA https://dod.defense.gov/Portals/1/Documents/pubs/2018-National-Defense-Strategy-Summary.pdf https://dod.defense.gov/Portals/1/Documents/pubs/2018-Nation... (11 pages, easy read) First page: "Failure to meet our defense objectives will result in decreasing U.S. global influence, eroding cohesion among allies and partners, and reduced access to markets that will contribute to a decline in our prosperity and standard of living" I'll leave it to the reader to decide if this supports the above argument, it's just USA propaganda but I found it certainly interesting to read with a cynical eye.