Jay, I finally got the chance to watch the video—nice job by the way—it was pretty much right on target.
I will give my own historical summary and try to steer clear of politics:
Basically everything he said was spot on with one exception—early in the video he suggested that the porcupine strategy was a 21st century adaptation. It is ancient. But I will give a somewhat mid-tier age example. Switzerland has to be the porcupiniest country on earth. Its strategy is to make itself absolutely impossible to invade, which is helped by being extremely mountainous (which is terrible for invasion) and holds no real strategic value. Even Hitler decided against invading Switzerland in WWII after briefly considering it. Switzerland doubles down on this by having universal male conscription (with a few exceptions), that is, after high school, every male citizen goes to boot camp and is trained in basic infantry. When finished, each new infantry graduate is issued an assault rifle and is expected to keep it, maintain it and be proficient in its use. In the extremely unlikely chance of an invasion, every male citizen is instantly an armed member of the Swiss Army. In the United States there is a right to bear arms, but in Switzerland there is a *responsibility* bear arms!
So really, there is no point in invading Switzerland!! The ultimate porcupine!!
I also liked that he touched on navies, but I can address that later.
Eric
