Mead’s views may seem an outlier to the readership of this Substack, but having followed the recent editorial judgements of the WaPo, NYT, and, of course, the WSJ, I can state he is on track with our foreign policy elite. Call it nuts or simply criminal contempt of the country’s real needs, these folks are seriously determined to advance US hegemony, even at the risk of a major war.
Additionally, they are seriously out of touch with the capabilities of our current military. The US armed forces haven’t experienced combat with a first class military since WWII. Russia can field modern air combat and missile forces, modern heavy armor and artillery, likely the world’s best air defenses, along with fully resourced logistics, and—in Ukraine—extremely short supply lines. Even with NATO’s backing—a big if—this would not be a fair fight. You’d think Biden’s ‘brain trust’ would understand this but I’m convinced they don’t.
Mead’s views may seem an outlier to the readership of this Substack, but having followed the recent editorial judgements of the WaPo, NYT, and, of course, the WSJ, I can state he is on track with our foreign policy elite. Call it nuts or simply criminal contempt of the country’s real needs, these folks are seriously determined to advance US hegemony, even at the risk of a major war.
Additionally, they are seriously out of touch with the capabilities of our current military. The US armed forces haven’t experienced combat with a first class military since WWII. Russia can field modern air combat and missile forces, modern heavy armor and artillery, likely the world’s best air defenses, along with fully resourced logistics, and—in Ukraine—extremely short supply lines. Even with NATO’s backing—a big if—this would not be a fair fight. You’d think Biden’s ‘brain trust’ would understand this but I’m convinced they don’t.
Axtually, pretty much every wargame scenario going back for ten or more years indicates that NATO would lose a conventional war in Ukraine.
So, my chickenhawk neocon tough guys, are you ready to take a nuke for the Nazis of Galicia?