America is being sold out by its leaders

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1. SS: Noah Smith, writes in his blog – “Imagine, for a moment, that the U.S. lost a major war against a coalition of China and Russia. What would the victorious coalition force our country to do, as the terms of our surrender? I’m not sure, but based on the settlement of World War 1, America’s list of concessions might look something like this:

   **Withdrawal**: The U.S. would unilaterally withdraw support for countries trying to resist Chinese/Russian hegemony. Furthermore, the U.S. would stop trying to wield influence in Eurasia, instead limiting its sphere of influence to the Western Hemisphere (or simply to North America).

   **Disarmament**: The U.S. would reduce the size and capability of its military by a significant amount.

   **Deindustrialization**: The U.S. would cancel industrial policies designed to compete with Chinese manufacturing, and instead economically focus on delivering raw materials and agricultural goods to China.

   This list is roughly similar to the settlement that Germany was forced to accept at the Treaty of Versailles after losing World War 1 — it’s only missing the large reparations payments that Germany was forced to make to the victorious powers.

   Anyway, now realize that under its new President Donald Trump, **America is very rapidly making moves in all three of the directions listed above.**” – article continued in link.

2. Agreed. Even appointing Cabinet officials like Hegseth sends the message that the US is not interested in being a credible military power. Whether it is out of ignorance, incompetence, or collusion really doesn’t change the effect.

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