"Peace Through Strength requires — unsurprisingly — actual strength."

https://www.theflipside.io/archives/yemen-2

(Of course, I read most foreign policy through the lens of child training... it is more relevant that way...)

"Any use of force carries the risk of escalation, but [they] started this exchange, and the failure [...] to respond for weeks has produced its own escalation."

"a series of geopolitically unsuccessful, inconsequential, mostly reactive unilateral actions, with no end game. Underlying it all is the sense that no one is particularly frightened, respectful, or even wary of [our] power anymore."

And, from a libertarian:

“None of these fights have any mandate from the American people."

Where does true authority come from?