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Ameri-Can or Can’t?: China’s Looming Demographic and Economic Collapse

GoodFellows: Conversations from the Hoover Institution

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Deal Bomba Strategy - Engage, Bind and Offset

The defence budget can't be doubled, or even increased by a few percentage points this year or next year. It might be possible in 20 25, if you get a republican administration. But even then, it will be politically very difficult because i don't suspect the next president, if it is a republican, have big major changes to make. H r american has to be realistic at the moment and talk about increases in the defense budget is not in the real poiits. Not appen george marshall's observation that when you've spent so much money on military things like arms we're unlikely to defend ourselves. Whas not happening? I'm glad neil points us finally

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