I'd like to see a more aggressive attitude on the part of the United States. That doesn't mean launching an immediate preventive war.
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Every soldier thinks something of the moral aspects of what he is doing. But all war is immoral and if you let that bother you, you're not a good soldier.
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Sometime in the future - 25, 50, 75 years hence - what will the situation be like then? By that time the Chinese will have the capability of delivery too.
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