Contemporary politicians are not big on long-term plans because it doesn't benefit their time in power

It's why the United States and the United Kingdom are bad at building nuclear power stations

There's no incentives for politicians to make tough decisions it's what you get after 80 years of peace

If America's allies had appropriate sized militaries the USA won't be able to tell them what to do because

Of the nature of great power competition

It would mean a loss of American influence but the sharing up of the American lead world order

Nice chatting to you as always