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Is Biden stupid enough to think he could get away with a limited nuclear war? Really, he is pretty stupid. The question is, are there enough adults in the room to take this insane posturing off the table?

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"This is like accelerating toward a brick wall and pretending it's an open road."

Well, the US is very experienced at following this course. Look at the Korean “open road", a failed episode. The end result, a small US base on the border of South and North Korea, affectionately known as a DMZ (demilitarised zone) now used as a far flung US outpost, one of 800 + around the world.

Then comes Vietnam, a painful retreat, humiliating with little strategic value as a result. The unforgettable pictures of the US departure being something to add to the children’s history lessons on how not to fail. 1. Don’t start a war in the first place, but if you can’t help yourself,….. 2. Know when to quit.

We don't stop there though. Afghanistan, the epitome of “open roads”, a 20 year failure with no benefit at all to the hegemonic US. Did they learn from British failures there. NO. Did they learn from Russian failures there. NO. Something of yet another failure in objective setting, project (war) management and like the others, leaving behind a house full of people who will hate what the US stands for (whatever that is, other than world power and total control), forever.

Throw into the history book the blustering Bush "shock and awe" great big lie philosophy, "the open road" of Iraq, realistically a real brick wall, with the US as yet unentangled from that quagmire. If Biden continues to use the mental capacity of all the Neocon advisers combined, it never will be unentangled until someone comes along and shows the likes of Biden and his corrupted cohorts that they should leave the area (as well as Syria) as the country is not theirs and there is a far better way to do things. In other words, Butt Out!

But don't count on that one. I did forget we are dealing with the exceptional USA.

PS While you are at it, skip all the others countries that have been, still are, or will be targets for your bored but dangerous Israeli-controlled Neocons and concentrate on getting your own house in order.

It’s in a mess.

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