A credible deterrent is required in order to prevent the mighty from simply taking everything. For the last few decades Western countries aside from the US hav

A credible deterrent is required in order to prevent the mighty from simply taking everything. For the last few decades Western countries aside from the US have basically just sat on their laurels assuming that, well, we're in the end of history and nothing will ever go wrong again. A rude awakening. A sure fire way to ensure that there _is_ war is to sit about and sing kumbaya around the fire until the invaders turn up.