The premise to your question is flawed. This is why you remain confused. How do you expect someone to answer your confusion with logic within those parameters?
You have a warrior’s mindset and it has served you well for what you do. It is different than one of a soldier. How you understand this difference is very important. A warrior’s views are more linear, self centered and geared for immediate gratification.
You set yourself up to never accept any answer that doesn’t align with what you perceive as facts. You look at Iran as being the final boss in the grand scheme of things and you choose not to include recent actions both diplomatic and violent in Venezuela, Panama, Cuba and the rest of our hemisphere.
Answer to your question: It is China that we are fighting using asymmetrical warfare. War is not a sanctioned UFC fight. Just because you don’t want to dominate a country, it doesn’t mean that a country is not trying to dominate you.
War costs money. The citizenry has always covered the cost of war since the dawn of time. That is a fact of life.
Your concerns about Russia and the Middle Eastern countries are immaterial and inaccurate. They are fringe and nothing more.
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