Principal architect of the US’ successful post-war strategy of containment of the SU (although an actor was chosen by The Deep State as front man for the final push).
Anyway, he later observed that the periodic domestic hysterias were not helpful in sustaining the long game.
Anyway, we probably can contain and outcompete China over the long haul.
But not with a large number of emotionally incontinent knuckleheads who just see every turn as an opportunity to attack their domestic enemies.
