We live in an interesting time

Victor Davis Hanson

After a year of politicizing the U.S. military and its self-induced catastrophe in Afghanistan, America has lost deterrence abroad. China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia are conniving how best to exploit this rare window of global military opportunity. 

The traditional bedrocks of the American system—a stable economy, energy independence, vast surpluses of food, hallowed universities, a professional judiciary, law enforcement, and a credible criminal justice system—are dissolving.

https://amgreatness.com/2022/05/11/imagine-the-unimaginable/

Link at Knuckledraggin

A good read, but the future is not that dismal. The Republic will stand. But, while mentally sharpening pitchforks and readying bundles of torches, we realize there are no targets whose elimination will set everything right.