No lol about it, because even the concept of a "sales pitch" in the context of a potential existential war (against China or Russia, or against both at the same

No lol about it, because even the concept of a "sales pitch" in the context of a potential existential war (against China or Russia, or against both at the same time, I'm talking from the US's pov) is kind of a lunacy, so, in that respect, of course that I'm taking the sales pitch-like discourse seriously, because many military procurement decisions are taken based on those sales pitches.