lack of commitment & biden pullout is what undermined our credibility; as unpopular as the idea may be, we needed to maintain a presence over there; if nothing else but to prevent terrorists from gaining any significant power (keeping them in check)
Russia/Ukraine is the same problem with different players. NATO was supposed to be the deterrent against Russian aggression; but in reality, it was the US carrying the brunt of the military burden; Europe's lack of commitment to NATO only opened the door for Russian & Chinese aggression. When push came to shove, they got shoved...
There isn't any redundancy when it comes to worldly threats, everyone just relies upon/begs the US for aid, which has always been contingent on the US having a strong leader; it was only a matter of time before we got a weak minded idiot as president, to which the ensuing disarray was only an inevitable result.
