Patrick Lawrence — America: The Deluded Superpower

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China and Russia, because they have given up exceptionalism, full spectrum dominance and all those other fantasies, only have to counter the U.S. military and only in their home neighbourhoods. That is much cheaper and much easier. What’s really expensive, because unattainable, is chasing after the exceptionalist goal of dominance in everything, everywhere, all the time. That’s a “tried and true” road to oblivion. Defense is a lot less costly than offensive, especial "full spectrum dominance." Also, anyone with any familiarity with Chinese martial history knows that it’s a history of weapons innovation and countering.Strategic Culture FoundationAmerica: The Deluded Superpower alsoTASSToo late to deal with New START extension after US presidential election - [Russian] diplomatAlso

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