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I don't. I'm surrounded by people who take our position in the world for granted and don't see any problem with gutting our military, though.
by jjoonathan 7y ago
I don't.
I'm surrounded by people who take our position in the world for granted and don't see any problem with gutting our military, though.
- zanny 7y agoIf the US only holds its economic ground at gunpoint I don't feel justified living my dainty American lifestyle thanks to boots to the throat of peoples around the world. Europe endures and prospers without threat of violence or economic imperialism by bomb across the globe.
- whatok 7y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Member_states_of_NATO https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Member_states_of_NATO
- Nahmag 7y agoEast-European states certainly do not think that they can survive without the help of the US.
- hn23 7y agoSource? Last year I was more afraid of Regime Change Attempts in Ukraine at least fueled by NATO/EU. Victoria (Fuck the EU) Nuland was pretty clear the US does not give a shit if Europe burns..
- andonisus 7y agoEurope endures and prospers at the expense of the US military forces.
- hn23 7y agoOn the other hand, we take the refugees produced by US military and foreign politics. And our countries are the first to crumble into dust if there is another Dr. Strangelove.
- Fjolsvith 7y agoThe US Military didn't force you to take them.
- oAlbe 7y agoRight. Just leave those refugees to cook under the sun in an overcrowded, broken down boat in the Mediterranean until they drown. Or be like Hungary: raise a fence on the border, with armed personnel at checkpoints, and hope that shooting people on sight becomes ethically accepted. What's wrong with you people.
- Fjolsvith 7y agoWhat's wrong with the refugees? Why can't they fix their own country instead of messing up other ones?
- andonisus 7y agoThe U.S. ensures the safe maritime trade of goods and services around the world. Many European counties do not need to (heavily) invest in their own armed forces because the U.S. is able to provide the necessary protection. These reasons are why I made my previous claim.
- jjoonathan 7y agoIf you feel that your dainty American lifestyle needs moral justification, I have bad news for you. Personally, I'll settle for having it over not having it.
- xwdv 7y agoI used to get enraged by people who simply want to gut the military, but after a while I find it’s hard to blame them. We have lived under the protection of the US Military for so long that most have forgotten what a world would be like without it. Eventually you begin to believe that if the military was simply gone things might still be the same, or perhaps even more peaceful. But they’d be wrong. They simply have no idea what others will do for power.
- alexandercrohde 7y agoSo... there's this place right next to America, called Canada. And instead of attacking Vietnam, trying to overthrow South American Governments, going deep into debt over nonexistent WMDs, they just don't do military budget. And magically... they don't get attacked. Funny how that works...
- freeone3000 7y agoCanada is in NATO, and attacking Canada would automatically put you at war with the USA. You cannot consider Canada's defense policy independent of the USA.
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- alexandercrohde 7y agoThe truth is we live in a post-war era. This is a statistically indisputable fact [1]. My question is who all these odd people are who seem to have some deep emotional need for the world to operate like a game of risk, as opposed to 7 billion apes who don't know each other and don't care. [1] http://www.fallen.io/ww2/ http://www.fallen.io/ww2/ (Skip to the 14 minute mark if you're impatient)
- fuzz4lyfe 7y agoThe "War to end wars" was won and now it will never happen again.