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Re:How much do you think it costs to make a pair of Nike sho... by XorNot on Wednesday April 09, 2025 @06:13PM (#43638622)
It seems apparent that the answer is yes though. The US likes the idea of wars more then fighting them: the guy who talks about the greatest military on the planet is also not subject to the draft and never tried to join.

In so much as generalizing a nation can still leave large exceptions, wars of conquest are useless to America: it hates running occupations, and it's own citizens are not going to move abroad in sufficient numbers to provide a labor force to utilize the conquests.

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Re:How much do you think it costs to make a pair of Nike sho... by AstralStorm on Wednesday April 09, 2025 @10:45PM (#43640155)
Further, any hit it might want to take at the other powers would be either not cost effective (against Russia) or would harm them very badly in short and medium term (China or moves regarding Taiwan.)

Moving against EU would not get them anything and the same bit as regarding China applies.

Truth is, war is an expense. You need to count on a serious long term benefit to wage it.

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