@GovMikeHuckabee@realDonaldTrump Too late and too bad. He is watching his audience disappear and wants to get back on the horse. No way. The guy has no credibilty.
@anandsr21@SantiagoAuFund How about one where a fewer fatal casualties than digits on a human body? Or one where a combatant’s entire Air Force and Navy are destroyed without the other side losing a single plane or ship to enemy fire. Seems like a lot is going right. I suspect you are suffering TDS.
@SantiagoAuFund Politicians tell people what they want to hear during campaigns. When elected their actions are predicated on money flow into their re-election coffers. Solution: voters must demand to hear what they don’t want to hear. Never happen.
@BasedMikeLee The Demonicrats have said they will kill the filibuster when they regain power. It’s a matter of time before they get their chance. Kill the filibuster now and get something for it rather than nothing.
War never changes: US vs Iran
Many watching Trump announce U.S. strikes on Iran are shocked or angry.
But the whole planet runs on a Nash equilibrium of competing nations.
Simple game-theory 101 for normal people:
In a Nash equilibrium, every player’s strategy is the best response to what everyone else is doing. No one gains by changing alone (e.g., unilaterally disarming while others keep arming)
There’s no world referee or global government. (NATO is illusionary at best)
Every nation-state believes (or claims) its way of life is best:
• liberal democracy
• communist authoritarianism
• whatever Russia or others push.
If one could impose its system on the planet tomorrow at low cost, most would.
All are trying their best to expand influence, money, culture, spies, trade deals, and yes, force when the stakes are high.
You can personally hate war and the human cost. Totally valid.
But being “anti-war” doesn’t magically make other players stop playing to win.
Iran arms proxies to spread its revolution. Russia grabs land. China builds islands and military bases.
If the U.S. (or any power) suddenly went full pacifist and disarmed, rivals wouldn’t say “thanks, let’s all chill.” They’d fill the vacuum and impose their rules. That’s the equilibrium shifting against you.
Real peace needs either:
• crushing military/economic strength + credible deterrence, or
• enforced cooperation (hard without a world cop).
Understanding the incentives beats slogans.History is clear: power vacuums get filled fast.
This isn’t “good vs evil.” It’s 200+ countries playing the only game that exists on a planet with no referee.
“The art of war teaches us to rely not on the likelihood of the enemy’s not coming, but on our own readiness to receive him; not on the chance of his not attacking, but rather on the fact that we have made our position unassailable.”
-Sun Tzu
@SantiagoAuFund Not just X, everywhere. The simplistic motivation is often not very sexy or entertaining, yet is most likely the best descriptor for observed behavior. As attention spans become shorter and shorter, the audience demands the payoff immediately so it can move on to the next scene.