Six months ago staunch allies like Canada and Australia would have loved to help, although they couldn’t replace China overnight. But the same tariffs that led to China’s new licenses for critical minerals are hitting the former allies Trump is treating like enemies.

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      Ooh, yeah this is also a good one.

      Any politician that speaks in favor of going to war is given front-line duty regardless of how they vote.

      Again, if you’re going to demand it, you’re going to DO it. That means people who use their influence to sway others are also going to do it, even if they’re cowards behind a voting booth.

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      Nah, Rome tried that in the Republic, mostly it just got armies murdered. Rome won in the end anyways because what it was good at was making more armies.

      What you do is make the drafting of their children as enlisted front line mandatory.