The recently unveiled U.S. National Security Strategy has ruffled liberal and even some conservative feathers both here and abroad, for two reasons:
No. 1, the Trump administration told Europe an inconvenient truth: The birthplace of Western civilization is facing “civilization erasure.” And No. 2, critics feel that the strategy is not critical enough of Russia and China.
They’re wrong.An entire section, “Economic Security,” is a not-so-subtle nod to America’s ongoing, great power competition with China, evident in these carefully selected priorities: “balanced trade,” ”securing access to critical supply chains and materials,” “reindustrialization,” “reviving our defense industrial base,” etc.The other controversy is: Why does the strategy call for an end to the Russia-Ukraine war and not just openly condemn Vladimir Putin instead?
Because the assessment is grounded in reality. Unless the Europeans want to spend more than the already mandated 5% of GDP on defense budgets and pour more sophisticated weapons systems into Ukraine, then the conflict has no clear end in sight: “Do you wanna have an ongoing bleeding Stalingrad or Verdun … right on the borders of Europe,” asks Victor Davis Hanson on today’s edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In a Few Words.”
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When will congress pass a law making/possessing fentanyl-laced fake drugs an attempted murder crime?
Late-stage persecution complex: A nation’s focus on national security intensifies when it feels vulnerable and insecure about its future, haunted by a sense of weakness, exploited by rivals, besieged by espionage and theft, and viewing the outside world as a realm of unending threats.
New Monroe Doctrine? Totalitarian governments and fentynyl in South America? Why is America ALLOWING THIS?
This old man is still twerking for trump, it's embarrassing.
All these people commenting here. I wonder how many will sign up to grab Venezuela’s oil?
Keyboard warriors or patriots. Sign up now to attack your neighbours north and south to build this Golden Age.
Short rope long drop them alll!
China can get bent. Russia can get bent. US being the world’s police needs to end. Bring back the gold standard. Drop the Woke and DEI agenda. If you’re not a Democracy then I don’t care. Fair Trade and Friendship with all, entangling alliances with none.
Could you please cover the new impeachment movement against Trump by Congress. Also, how can we stop this horrible take over? Years ago, I heard that the migration of Muslims was to spread Muslim ideologies. They knew that it will take generations, but they were doing it all in the name of Allah. It appears what we are experiencing all over Europe and now in the USA is that non-assimilation takeover. Your thoughts on this?
EU will undermine any peace deal USA make.
A strategy that sells out certain democracies and projects weakness while putting up a bold front against others is foolhardy. The naivety of thinking Russia wouldn't back China when China has stood by Russia is staggering. Also, the US has now legitimized taking resources by force, and even frowns upon paying reparations.
It's called "being a biatch!". Trump had it in his arse from Putin and now he wants to claim some sort of "moral credit" and preserve an image that anyway lacked integrity and now just lost it's spine anyway. Trump is trying to look good after completely losing to Putin while trying to say "it was his initiative" ….it is simply pathetic. If you side with a mob state and admire a totalitarian regime, guess what ? When JD Vance said we don't have common values he was right. USA just went "final level circus" and it is now struggling to have both russian cck in its arse AND also its soul in heavens. Keep repeating the word "pathetic!"
Always grateful for your insight and analysis, Dr. Hansen. Thank you // Stef
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Americans are very good at shifting blames. How can one solve a problem without knowing its true cause? Shifting blames is equal to not wanting to solve the problem. China has not done anything the US would not have done. There is no such thing as unfair trade. A trade takes place only when the two trading parties both think that the trade is beneficial to it. Why would you trade with someone when you think that you are hurting?
🎃<<< TRUMP AND HIS 4TH REICH HAVE BEEN GRANTED ASYLUM IN CUBA
You got that ass backwards you are way off point and yuor priorities are out of touch but you spinkle facts with irrelevant judgment intressting and articulate at least.
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Ha ha ha. You seem to want to focus on other countries. Can you first tell, with an economy on the verge of collapse, foreign relations trashed, when is the fraud going to start Making America Great Again?
Thank you, dear Dr Hanson!
The US has set off an avalanche of loss of influence and trade that it cannot recover from. The US has not yet experienced the full economic fallout of its decision to side with Putin.
The US will lose trillions in trade with Europe in the coming years as well as the military presence and the strategic influence it provides once Europe is finally able to protect itself. Once that happens Europe will dump the US debt bonds on the market, since there is no longer a reason to keep good relations with the US. US interests will soar once that happens.
The net result will be extremely negative for America.
It is the.first time I don't agree at all. You are better if you have good friends. And reward Putin??? Crazy, the Versailles up down?? No sense.
Europes reluctance to FULLY. SUPPORT. Ukraine, and keeps buying Zs energy is costing Ukraine the war. Period.Thanks
Wow your figures are out to lunch! You have your body count figures completely inverted. Thats based on independent western sources on the ground in Ukraine.
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I praticanti del Falun Gong non si arrendono
"Non riesco a credere a quello che ho visto e continuavo a piangere. Siamo tutti troppo gentili per ammettere che il male esiste. Il PCC non ha limiti. Uccide il suo stesso popolo senza battere ciglio. Il PCC è il demone e trasforma anche i suoi seguaci in demoni", ha detto Max Xu, un immigrato cinese in Canada.
Xu ha affermato di rispettare gli sforzi del Falun Gong per resistere alla persecuzione negli ultimi 26 anni: "Non si piegano e continuano a denunciare i crimini commessi dal PCC. Dobbiamo dire a più persone cos'è veramente il PCC e risvegliare coloro che ancora ci credono. In questo modo possiamo disintegrarlo".
Li, originario della provincia cinese dell'Heilongjiang, ha dichiarato di essersi sentito triste e addolorato dopo aver visto il film. "Un museo di Harbin conserva la documentazione di come i giapponesi eseguirono esperimenti sui cinesi quando invasero la Cina. Non mi aspettavo che i cinesi facessero lo stesso con i loro connazionali. Per quanto mi rifiutassi di crederci, sta succedendo. Questo film dovrebbe essere ampiamente pubblicizzato per far sapere a più persone cosa sta succedendo e far leva sull'influenza internazionale, così che il crimine possa essere fermato". Ha affermato che ne parlerà ai suoi conoscenti e contribuirà a sensibilizzare l'opinione pubblica.
Chen, immigrata a Toronto dalla Cina, ha dichiarato di essere grata al regista che ha girato il documentario, così da poter comprendere meglio i crimini commessi dal PCC. "Negli anni '30 il Giappone invase la Cina e l'esercito giapponese massacrò molti cinesi. Ora, sono il governo cinese e il PCC a massacrare il popolo cinese. Il PCC è un'organizzazione disumana", ha affermato.
Il 3 settembre la Cina ha tenuto una parata militare, che ha permesso al mondo di vedere il lato ricco e forte della Cina. Ha affermato che ciò che la gente non ha visto è la sofferenza dei cinesi. "La parata militare è ironica. Il PCC usa l'esercito per massacrare i cinesi".
Chiede alla comunità internazionale di prestare attenzione alle violazioni dei diritti umani in Cina: "È responsabilità di tutti parlare a nome delle vittime e fare da portavoce".
Keep telling European administrations they are going wrong, because the European people tell them and are simply ignored. So much for European democracy.