The war Trump started has now gotten at least 16 service members killed. That’s more than the 13 killed when Biden got out of Afghanistan.

The war Trump started has now gotten at least 16 service members killed. That’s more than the 13 killed when Biden got out of Afghanistan.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvScXxidzIo

What Americans Need to Understand About China | The Ezra Klein Show

Chinese leaders believe in Marxist Leninism. They believe that the world will inevitably become Marxist and their Leninist party can speed up this great end. They believe that China deserves to be the world’s greatest power, that it once was, and that it will be again, and the Chinese Communist Party will lead China to this greatness while at the same time leading the world to its Marxist future.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DprKDXRlubw

How Trump accidentally strengthened Europe

Due to European military dependence on the US, Europe has been deferential to the US. They let the US use their land and facilities even for wars they disagreed with.

Defending Europe is not a driver of US spending. Europe spending more is good, but it won’t make the defense of the US and its interests cheaper. If the relationship is too damaged, it will make it more expensive.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAr7k_ACewY

Can Ukraine build Patriots fast enough to stop Russian missiles?

It looks like Ukraine will be given permission to produce Patriot missiles, but likely not the best kind which they most need to protect their cities from Russian ballistic missiles.

It could take a long time to actually start producing missiles.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fE4WnAKl9jA

Did Israel push Trump into the Iran war? | Iran: the Latest

A regime change war against Iran had a chance of succeeding, but it required both commitment to a longer war and preparing the Iranian opposition on the ground. The Trump administration, despite essentially declaring a regime-change war at the beginning by calling on the Iranian people to soon rise up, did not appear to much help the Iranian opposition and had no stomach for the length of war necessary to give regime change a chance.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmNCB7522Yc