The US has plenty of military capacity, as @brasidas.bsky.social can tell you. What it doesn't have is an understanding of strategy and foreign policy.

That has been true since GWBush abandoned foreign policy in favor of reelection policy and entered 2 wars without victory conditions.

April 09, 2026 - 13:45 UTC

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I mostly agree and where I differ does ultimately stem from a lack of strategy and policy. The US doesnt have the resources to effectively ensure freedom of navigation in the Strait or frankly a number of maritime choke points. A lot of the DIB has been left to whither away in the last 30+ years.
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I think it goes back a hell of a lot earlier than GWB.
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I have a back burner argument that strategy is at least NP Hard if not P-Space Complete.

We could do a better job of it though.
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