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Totally agree with you! Sounds like the found a smart way to reduce their defense budgets, no??
by huitzitziltzin 5y ago
Totally agree with you! Sounds like the found a smart way to reduce their defense budgets, no??
- s1artibartfast 5y agoAnd The US gets something from it as well. They get political backup from their coalition and the ability to project hard and soft power from most of these countries. This of course leads to financial return on investment from this military expense
- sfifs 5y agoThe biggest benefit US gets from its massive millitary is that the Dollar is the de-facto global reserve currency and energy is priced in dollars. This makes debt essentially free for the US government (since the demand for dollars and dollar denominated tresury bonds remains high). It also enables strategic energy and reaource extraction companies from US to essentially get their way in most places.