Jay,

The economic side of the equation is completely missed. China is scared to death to break the vendor financing trade to the US. Europe is aged and deteriorating. Japan is still trying to figure out how to escape ZIRP (zero interest rate policy). Russia through this advance is telling the west something: it is disengaging. Maybe not the US Suez moment, but it seems like it is getting closer and closer. The US is living on faith and faith alone right now. It needs to be addressed and I have no doubt the US is up to it. But until this gov’t demands the US sacrifice, and halt ludicrous stimulus garbage, defiance will grow. Danger room posted a quote the other day: amateurs focus on tactics professionals on logistics. Well part and parcel of logistics is resource availability. The US is severely exposed on its flanks and is in danger of being cut off and garrisoned. No fancy smart bomb shock and awe fixes this. The solution begins and ends with retarding the economic policies that have led us into this cul de sac. the solution is not more of the same. The best equipment in the world is worthless if you can’t fuel it.