If spying prevents war, it's not working. LOL...
The US isn't in war. No declarations have been made. No draft is required. No war shortages exist.
Today it's Ukraine, tomorrow Taiwan, and then what, back to the Koreas and the Middle East? Our constant involvement in cyclical non-wars sure doesn't feel the same as "peace" to me. Maybe that word just doesn't mean what I think it does anymore. Or maybe we have our tentacles in so many places that warmaking and peacemaking have become indistinguishable.
I guess as long as it's not Americans in body bags, we're in the clear? The world is our mercenary. But even that won't last long, I'm willing to bet. The world's not getting any stabler, and our competitors aren't just sitting idle.
I'm a bit confused on how you think the USA got Ukraine to do the fighting considering Russia invaded (did USA pay off Russia to invade?). But regardless, yes Ukraine is at war and USA is not. It's just like if I drove to the dry cleaners and had them wash something. I didn't wash it; I'm not a dry cleaner. Playing the dry cleaners money or etc doesn't change that fact.
> Our constant involvement in cyclical non-wars sure doesn't feel the same as "peace" to me. Maybe that word just doesn't mean what I think it does anymore
I mean my whole argument is that you're using war to describe something that isn't so I guess this makes two of us.
> Or maybe we have our tentacles in so many places that warmaking and peacemaking have become indistinguishable.
Yes, because the USA is not at war. Russia warmakes with Ukraine so Ru & UA are at war and efforts by other countries China/USA/etc would likely be peacemaking efforts because China/USA/etc aren't at war. If USA declared war on Russia then it'd be a warmaking effort.
> The world is our mercenary.
Which countries did the USA hire to fight another one? That's also a word not being used correctly.
More American private military contractors died in Afghanistan than American military. I don't think anyone noticed.
So I'd amend that to "American troops in body bags".
> No draft is required.
The draft was re-instituted during Vietnam, so the presence of selective service isn't an indicator for being "in a war". To this day every adult male of draftable age is only an itchy trigger finger away from being called up
> No war shortages exist.
the powers-that-be have been placing a good amount of blame for "supply chain issues" on the war in Ukraine. "Supply chain issues" being newspeak for "shortages".
And "supply chain issues" obviously aren't the same thing as "shortages"; a traffic jam at the port is a supply chain issue.
What's your counterfactual?
Nobody trusts U.S. intelligence agencies anymore, bro. Whatever.
