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- America could lose its next war because it has become weaker politically, despite its military dominance.
- In the past, when the US faced external threats, the nation came together — in today’s political climate, it might not be able to.
- If the United States or one of its allies were attacked, the party out of power might use that to discredit the party in power, rather than joining with it to confront the threat.
Last week, I argued that while the US military, the Pentagon, and most national security experts expect that the United States will always win the wars it is forced to fight, America could in fact lose one if an astute enemy capitalizes on the nation’s weaknesses and vulnerabilities.
I sketched out three ways that might happen: if an enemy found a way to drag out a war past the limits of American patience; if a nuclear-armed enemy invaded another nation and then dug in; or if an adversary used what security experts call “gray zone” aggression to present the United States with a fait accompli. See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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