It always seemed like a mental illness to me.
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.One of those funny/not funny cartoons. Just think of all the good things we could do with the wasted money we spend on the military.No one is going to attack us with a conventional army. Geography is our friend. If they attack us it will be with nuclear weapons and all of that other shit will be as effective as a spear or throwing rocks. We need a strong military, but ours is wasteful.
Sticks48
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Aug 25, 2021
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The USA spends so much money on defense because we have troops in so many foreign bases. Maybe the solution is to bring all our soldiers home and just defend our territory. Other countries don't have a multitude of foreign bases. We seem to be sticking our nose in every other countries business and we fail to make a difference but just waste money and lives.
nicknotes
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Aug 25, 2021
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"because we have troops in so many foreign bases"
Correct. America is doing what empires do and that's very expensive.
“In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists, and will persist."
President Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1961
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