>You could cut a lot of the defense budget in the US if the US's allies started paying their fair share Yeah. Either that, or you could maybe, like, not have a

>You could cut a lot of the defense budget in the US if the US's allies started paying their fair share Yeah. Either that, or you could maybe, like, not have an empire and cut back on the military adventurism? But I see that may be a hard sell in a society in which all the mainstream media just frickin LOVE war. Really, there's nothing just like a nice little war! Or at least bombing a few poor people now and then. It just makes for the best reporting. Also, the military-industrial complex needs to feed. And they seem to be quite cozy with the media-industrial complex. So it's a win-win scenario really. Except for the poor people of course, both at home and abroad.