• nucleative@lemmy.world
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    19 days ago

    Projecting power is hard and defense is usually easier than offense.

    The USA was historically pretty smart by having a giant military but deferring to negotiation and soft power techniques to get its way.

    It helped when we had allies. Actually that was kinda crucial to the concept. :⁠-⁠\