Well, the sea-change at the JCS level has come about as you mooted spmetla. And the admin tapped a retired 3-star whose biggest commands were working with the CIA and military procurement.
I really think this is very much an outflow of the neo-isolationist stance now being adopted by a key segment of the GOP voter base. I understand the pull of isolationism -- it's simplicity and its seemingly low cost in blood and treasure -- but I just don't think it works over the long haul and think it even less likely to achieve its objectives in an electronically integrated planet where planes traverse the globe in hours, not days or weeks like the ships of yore.
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