Interesting choice to do this after depleting years of production time’s worth of missiles. Missiles with lead-times measured in 12-24 months, and that require rare earth elements that come from a supply chain that China dominates. Against an ally of China that is currently being resupplying with air defences.

I have exceedingly low expectations that the US will be able to rise to this occasion like they did in World War 2.

Big tech is chasing obscene government contracts (handouts really) for AI because they know that's the quick path to enriching themselves personally with little regard to the consequences for anyone else or the nation.

Generations of institutional knowledge in manufacturing was left to wither on the vine after manufacturing capacity was exported to Asia.

Social cohesion is at an all time low and reasoning skills are absolutely pathetic after social media turned everyone's brain into bitter mush.

Obesity and diabetes rates are so bad that millions of people in the country need to take injections to manage their addiction to food. Mental health issues abound.

America is falling down and it isn't going to get back up.