diplomacy brought down the USSR as much as anything

because to never leave our country

Civilian populations in the west will most likely never be called upon in the event of a military conflict because most of them are useless tbh

allows the soviets

to have done

way more

than was allowed.

"oh, so to defend the homeland, we should never leave our soil, and instead wait for our enemies to be larger and stronger than us before they attack."

Basically, yes. It's the NAP applied to nations. You don't pre-emptively punish people

diplomacy aagainst soviets

not with them

@Marushia Dark thats how you fucking **lose**

are you trying to get stomped in a global conflict?

the nukes did moe to keep peace thn any ambassador ever did

I should clarify, we should also be building up OUR forces, but AT HOME, not abroad. Keep the biggest stick, but speak softly

NAP is ineffective and unenforceable

@Marushia Dark thank you neville chmberlain

I agree with @Marushia Dark assesment. It becomes a self-fullfing argument if one is allowed to utilize military force pre-emptively

"hurr-durr, we shouldn't have gone in and fucked on ISIS, we should've sat at home while they keep sending terrorists at us"

"they'll wear themselves out eventually"

fucking

so an army of inexperienced fighters

stupid

as always your knowledge of geopolitical strategy is as sharp as it was in 1935

to be fair the whole war with ISIS was ultimately pointless

Forgein policy should follow the addage, "Never start a fight... but ALWAYS finish it..."

"hurr-durr, we shouldnt have done anything in the cold war, we should've let the soviets have their way"

youb should pick your fights

fucking

stupid.

we never beat them, the kurds and syrians did, and they would of won sooner had the west not got involved or tried to kill Assad

We beat ISIL and now we're drawing down, unlike previous admins who continuously embroiled us in deeper conflicts we should never have been in. It's like Trump walked into a house that was already on fire and is like, "Well shit, I've gotta put this out, but then turn the hose off when there's no more fire."

but you should still start them

initiative has valye if nothing more

"hurr-durr, we shouldnt have done anything in WW1, we should've let them have their way"

We tried to force the arab spring to overthrow assad, it backfired massively 🤷

that attitude only leads to a nuclear exchange; MAD only works with a bi-polar world

You've won this fight but you haven't prevented all the future fights. You need to take some advice from Ender Wiggin

ah yes a nuclear exchange with isis

"hurr-durr, instead of supporting our allies and keeping several nations as friends, we should've left em to be curbstomped, because it just isnt our fight"

fucking

braindead.