There were lines around the block. For another, if you're pursuing a career in the military, nothing lights up your resum like a spell of combat experience. Military folk are just as keen on resum -building as the rest of us. On the second, the surest way to get into a war with China is to let them slip into a frame of mind where they under-estimate U.S. resolve. That's why they're stuffing their side of the Straits of Formosa with ballistic missiles.
Every war starts with an someone's perception of someone else's weakness.
It would be salutary, at this point in a new administration, to give the Chinese a firm, clear demonstration that the U.S. most certainly will fight to defend her interests, to protect her secrets, and to rescue her people. China's behavior so far has been predictably arrogant and lawless. Let's show these gangsters what a real violation of Chinese air space looks like. Two highlights in particular, things I learned from readers that I didn't know when I wrote the piece. Fully one-quarter of America's 21,000 secondary schools place some sort of restriction on recruiting activities.