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> and lose the very thing that keeps the US top dog. You're implying that political shifts could happen to shift _anything_. It was the USD as reserve currency
by freefrog1234 10mo ago
> and lose the very thing that keeps the US top dog. You're implying that political shifts could happen to shift _anything_.
It was the USD as reserve currency that enabled the US to fund it's military to a point that should have bankrupted the US. The US military hasn't won a war outside the Americas since WW2.
With a budget half or a quarter of the current, the US would remain secure behind two oceans. I do agree that politically the military budget will remain high due to the relationship between the MIC and US government.
- mmooss 10mo ago> The US military hasn't won a war outside the Americas since WW2. The Gulf War and the war with ISIS. But yes, lots of bad results in Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, etc. > With a budget half or a quarter of the current, the US would remain secure behind two oceans. I do agree that politically the military budget will remain high due to the relationship between the MIC and US government. The US can't be a self-sufficient island. It's not even close to plausible. Also, people do care about freedom for others everywhere; it's not just Americans who deserve it.