Democracies and the Death Wish
Biden's debate performance can't be viewed in isolation. The West is in the grip of the Todestrieb.
“A decision to strike back in retaliation theoretically could be drawn out for days and weeks, but the protocol is designed to yield one in minutes. … In some high-threat situations, the StratCom commander’s briefing of the president may be compressed to as little as 30 seconds, and then the president may be pressed to “deliberate and decide” in six minutes or less.”—Strengthening Checks on Presidential Nuclear Launch Authority.
I was going to publish the next section of my guide to the French legislative elections today. But I suspect your minds, like mine, are fixed on last night’s Trump-Biden debate. I don’t need to tell you what happened. (If you didn’t watch it, take the entire world’s word for it. It was as bad as you’ve heard.)
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