deputy director of Atlantic Council’s strategy branch writing a thinkpiece with suggestions such as “the United States could go so far as to double defense spending” [sic], “European allies should invest in armor and artillery while Asian allies buy naval mines, harpoon missiles, and submarines”, and “Washington could always take a page from its Cold War playbook and rely more heavily on nuclear weapons to offset the local, conventional advantages of its rivals. […] Similarly, the United States could rely on threatening nonstrategic nuclear strikes” (18 Feb 22)
I love how the washington consensus is coalescing around losing two land wars in Asia simultaneously
Edit: Maries-art: They were built for a tourist attraction called President’s Park by a man called Howard Hankins. The park went bankrupt in 2010. The statues were supposed to be destroyed, but it would have been too expensive and time consuming so they were abandoned.
