@yaronbrook Weird, Sadam was put in power by the U.S. and held onto power backed with our money. Russian involvement won ww2, not the U.S. China is perfectly cool with slave labor, as evidenced by the U.S companies they do business with. How exactly do we win?

@AndrewS84567363 Everything in your tweet is wrong.

@yaronbrook Yaron I’d like to recommend the video in this thread. It is Douglas Macbrewer speaking about current capabilities and several of his conclusions contradict yours above. I’d be curious to know your thoughts in response as he appears to understand the situation very well.

@yaronbrook land forces are the clean-up crew, in a war fought to win.

@yaronbrook The main risk for the U.S. would be mass protests against war. One could argue that the U.S. lost the Vietnam war not there, but at home.

@yaronbrook Free/non-free is crucial. But the geography is also very important. China can be crippled by embargos alone. Russia is surrounded by problems. Iran is pretty much surrounded by countries that don’t like them.

@yaronbrook I'm not dying for Washington DC.

@yaronbrook Not to mention, none of these entities seems to want a war with us; nor do we want one with them.

@yaronbrook The might of the Soviets was grossly over-stated throughout the Cold War too.

@yaronbrook I don't disagree... However, the U.S. wasted trillions failing in Iraq and Afghanistan.

@yaronbrook Notice how he drops context, as if only the U.S. might be engulfed in such a war without allies. First of all, such would inevitably lead to nuclear war. In which case, there is no real winner. Nothing but a click-bait expert.

@yaronbrook Either David Sacks is the worst analyst ever, or he hates the west. If China, Russia and/or Iran starts this theoretical war then the United States will have endless allies on its side.

@yaronbrook Listening to libertarians talk about foreign affairs is like listening to leftists talk about basic economics.

@yaronbrook I really don't think Russia or China would join a war in defence of Iran. Iran would only need its leadership and some IRGC locations taking out and the Persian people themselves would finish them off, they've had enough of the Islamic regime there.

@yaronbrook My amateur psychoanalysis on his type + a story from back them days in Eastern Europe

@yaronbrook They also still believe a communist society would provide a better standard of living. Their opinions can safely be ignored.