Originally Posted by Ice Bear (Post 4023775)

Okay, but, is this really the best argument to be made for current POTUS? That doesn't bode well. Nixon looks amenably reasonable and sane by comparison. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madman_theory

Also want to thank you for letting us diplomatically have it out in this thread, relatively speaking. Genuinely. This is a big deal and affects all of us in so many ways.

Originally Posted by rickair7777 (Post 4023778)

This thread has gone fairly well, after a couple false starts :rolleyes:

Originally Posted by Profane Kahuna (Post 4023716)

Strategic Ambiguity was actually a feature, not a bug, of cold war era US policy..

Originally Posted by Profane Kahuna (Post 4023716)

Strategic Ambiguity was actually a feature, not a bug, of cold war era US policy.

Originally Posted by Hubcapped (Post 4024075)

IEA reports that europe has 6 weeks of jet fuel left.

are we winning? The staggering stupidity and long term ramifications to our global soft power is just mind boggling. When is an adult going to take the wheel?

Originally Posted by Excargodog (Post 4024094)

What? Their windmills and solar panels won’t support modern civilization? Who coukd have guessed? The Western European freeloaders are suffering from their own bad decisions. As Macron and Starmer are so fond of saying, “Not our problem.”

Originally Posted by Turbosina (Post 4024095)

Yeah? What happens when US airliners can't refuel in Europe?

Originally Posted by Excargodog (Post 4024097)

They stay in the US.
Do you think vacation trips to Europe are more important than keeping deranged people from having nukes? Is THAT really your priority?

Originally Posted by Excargodog (Post 4024097)

They stay in the US.
Do you think vacation trips to Europe are more important than keeping deranged people from having nukes? Is THAT really your priority?