Gleichschaltung?

[Dill]

(01-27-2017, 12:44 PM)CageTheBengal Wrote: Agreed.

I'm fine with reducing our power in the world and letting our allies get stronger so USA doesn't hold so much of the burden. I think there is a right and a wrong way to go about that though. Trying to be a hard ass won't work, well it might but why are we going to encourage a country to be stronger and more independent only to have them pissed at us  once they do? That's the key imo is how to make this happen without severing ties with allies.

It's a tricky situation that I'm not sure ether side has wanted to change at times. Other countries have room in their budget because USA has there back with their military might but on the flip-side I think we've been enjoying being big brother USA for a long time holding a lot of cards.

That is going to irritate the realists. The US had many advantages from the "protections" it offered others, and much more control than anyone else of world markets and trade routes. I wonder if they are right--the reduction of US power and influence will mean more chaos, and room for bad actors.