From Ukraine last year, to Nagorno-Karabakh last month and now Israel, it really does feel like there's a trend of people becoming more comfortable with using large-scale unilateral violence to solve problems. That trend itself greatly worries me; each instance normalizes and legitimizes the next.

The problem is the current system gives anyone in the military industrial complex a blank check. If people are so intent on fighting "bad actors" then they should do it with a balanced budget. They should do it with a draft and not mercenaries. There is no discipline today.