1. The Pentagon didn't make this decision, Joe Biden did.
2. Joe Biden is politically committed to this policy path, regardless of the final outcome.
3. The Democrats have made supporting the...
Stability and peace, flow of international trade. The same thing that every other country in the middle East besides Iran wants, which is why every conflict in the area is backed by Iran.
Deficit spending simply requires that the economy grows by more than the debt. Generally the US economy grows pretty reliably, so there's that. I would see foreign aid being curtailed before military...
The rest of the world going off the dollar doesn't allow them to "call in debts", it would simply stop (more likely slow) the flow of new foreign purchases of US debt.
Punching a lot, weakly, but not landing anything is the opposite of impressive. Sad. Unfortunately for Ukraine, Russia is actually landing their blows.