This is great news, and I would argue far more important than any other factor except nuclear war.
What I’m most worried about is conventional war. Yes I know Hillary would’ve been terrible too, that’s not the point. Let’s just say that our latest Republican president doesn’t have a very good track record in that area.
I too would like a more pacifist president, but realistically neither the libertarians or the greens were going to win. But this is more because of the huge amount of money spent on the military. A conventional war would be bad, but I don’t see that it would be disastrous. NATO would easily beat Russia, and I’m not sure who would win in a Chinese invasion of Taiwan, but it would be over quickly—the decisive factor is largely naval, and naval battles are over quickly. Neither country can deploy a large fraction of their army against the other as they are constrained by the number of troop ships and the distance involved.
As for bombing middle eastern countries, well that’s been going on since 2001 and will probably continue for the foreseeable future, regardless of who wins in 2020.
What I’m most worried about is conventional war. Yes I know Hillary would’ve been terrible too, that’s not the point. Let’s just say that our latest Republican president doesn’t have a very good track record in that area.
Huh? Trump has a track record in conventional war?
He was talking about Bush the younger.
I too would like a more pacifist president, but realistically neither the libertarians or the greens were going to win. But this is more because of the huge amount of money spent on the military. A conventional war would be bad, but I don’t see that it would be disastrous. NATO would easily beat Russia, and I’m not sure who would win in a Chinese invasion of Taiwan, but it would be over quickly—the decisive factor is largely naval, and naval battles are over quickly. Neither country can deploy a large fraction of their army against the other as they are constrained by the number of troop ships and the distance involved.
As for bombing middle eastern countries, well that’s been going on since 2001 and will probably continue for the foreseeable future, regardless of who wins in 2020.