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• Previously, I wrote about the disruption of US military power. Since then, events have required a reassessment. The US is clearly in decline, and a death spiral is occurring that...
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Previously, I wrote about the disruption of US military power. Since then, events have required a reassessment. The US is clearly in decline, and a death spiral is occurring that will leave the country without the means to project power overseas. The US will remain a military power, but despite its elevated spending, it will not be a meaningful one. This is not some attempt at rage bait but an analysis of what I think is happening to US military power. It all started when a plane designed in the 1970s crashed in Iran in 2026.
Now, with the US effectively alienating Europe, no one in Europe believes that the US is a dependable ally that will, in any meaningful way, come to its aid. When the recent ceasefire in Iran led to continued attacks on the Gulf States while the US turned away from t