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So your view is that the military power of the US brings peace to the rest of the world?

• wolframhempel 3y ago
  That is too absolute a statement. But generally, yes, I believe that a militarily strong US that has an interest in global trade makes war much less likely. Of course, one of the inherent problems of having a strong military is the temptation to use it - and the US has certainly done so multiple times in ill-advised fashion in Irak, Kuwait or Vietnam to name just a few. But having a military superpower like the US that's more interested in economic and cultural expansion than in direct land grabs is certainly an important counterweight to Russian or Chinese ambition. I believe a world with a militarily weak US would have seen much less "Pax Americana" and much more aggressive, expansionary wars since 1945.
• wiseowise 3y ago
  Absolutely, yes. A tiny fraction of western weapons allowed Ukraine to hold against Russian war machine and even have prospects of counter offensive. I can’t imagine the hell on earth if it kicked in full force and went to war against anyone.