>war spending There is no innocent party in terms of war making. This is documented historical fact. If anything, Democrats have taken the country to war more t

>war spending There is no innocent party in terms of war making. This is documented historical fact. If anything, Democrats have taken the country to war more than republicans, but it is a largely irrelevant factoid. I am a bit confused at what you mean by "over spend" on war. I think the real issue is that these recent "wars" are actually just very large and powerful Police Actions. I am not making this distinction for political reasons, but rather to highlight the spending and tolerance of the nations that commit Police Actions. A War has existential effects on the participants. A police action tends to be very one sided. The US can, and indeed does, engage in conflicts in Africa, Central Asia, and South East Asia simultaneously, all while maintaining a robust, defensive army (it is more accurately in offensive army on a leash, but near as makes no difference). This is not War in a Clausewitsian interpretation of war. It is war in terms of its effects on the recipients of the Police Action; a war that cannot be won. Currently, the US war on terror is doing all the heavy lifting that the UN, by its founding document and principles, should be doing, but the US frames it as National Interest. This kind of codifies Exceptionalism (City on a Hill) and suddenly makes War a national line item expense. In any case, the debt is not caused by war, the current wars or the past wars. Our society in its composition and structure is unsustainable, and this incurs unreasonable amounts of debt. A simple g! search of US federal budget (both discretionary and mandatory) will show that the most expensive thing America does is exist. >republicans aliens dude meme We have gone 8 + 8 + 8 with 16 of those being Democrat president and ~10 of those being Left controlled congress. As you put it, the problems are large and structural, and the idea that the fault lies with one party, regardless of their actual hold on power, is preposterous in a deliciously propagandistic way. The War on Poverty, an abject failure, was started by a Democrat. The EPA was started by a Republican. The military industrial complex was basically instituted as well as exposed by the same guy, a Republican who came from a traditionally Democrat organization. Arguably the most ardent leftist president held power for more than 12 years, fundamentally changed the nature of commerce, raised a massive army, and freedom'd the shit out of half the globe. If you only see republicans as the problem, then you are going to generate a narrative that ignores many relevant factors. Just my .02 Edited for spelling and format.