U.S. leadership failure post WWI?

[Bill Moore]

https://www.defenseone.com/politics/...t-lost/152659/

America’s Place in the World Was on the Ballot. It Lost.

Not one. Not one reporter from the main White House press corps asked President Donald Trump during his day-after-midterm-elections press conference a single hard question about national security or the state of global affairs. Tens of thousands of U.S. troops are at war or involved in violent conflicts in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Somalia, Yemen, Niger, Mali, and beyond. Russian warplanes are nearly kissing the wings of American aircraft. Iranian vessels are harassing U.S. warships. Special operators are killing impoverished terrorists across North Africa. North Korea still has nuclear weapons.

Why? This country couldn’t care less.

You have to wonder if after 17 plus years of war, that is it so normal, it doesn't resonate with the majority of Americans not immediately affected by it. All they need to do is say they support the troops and then go about their lives.

The good news for national security watchers is that the incoming House freshmen include record numbers of veterans and a few built-in national security leaders, perhaps most notably in Rep.-elect Elissa Slotkin, who flipped a conservative Michigan district to blue.

If America’s divisiveness is the easy issue, what will it take for anyone to get down the list to the harder ones like the security of the border, or even harder, what lies beyond it: America’s global leadership for the next 100 years?

[AdamG]

All they need to do is say they support the troops and then go about their lives.

Seen any yellow ribbons on bumpers or tied around trees lately? [Sarcasm]