I don't entirely disagree. But the thing about tradition is, it's done the same way every time. I'm more likely to trust the person who has done a thing their whole life and learned from their parents rather than someone who started last week.
But I'd prefer either of them over mass-produced versions.
Not the person you're replying to, but for me, a burger that's actually got depth to it and seared properly holds the flavor better than something that's been crushed and nearly burned.
When we had leaders who understood and valued soft power, sure. But that isn't the way the USA is operating at this moment. Those other nations aren't in the condition they're in because of their nukes, it's because it's more profitable to keep things as they are.
And the moment they have a nuke and show it off, all hell will break loose. So unless they pull back from Hormuz and cede it either to a US-led coalition or somehow draw the USA into a land war, it will happen again and it will happen again soon.
if the answer isn't "blockade it and seize every non-US vessel until we get what we want, and keep up a bombardment campaign the like of which the world has never dreamed", it's not going to be a long term solution.
I don't entirely disagree. But the thing about tradition is, it's done the same way every time. I'm more likely to trust the person who has done a thing their whole life and learned from their parents rather than someone who started last week.
But I'd prefer either of them over mass-produced versions.