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Same reason we have nukes and don't use them: To be prepared if we need to, not to be the belligerent morons that tear everything down.

• fhdkweig 10mo ago
  I think he was paraphrasing an earlier Trump quote of "Why have all these nukes if we aren't going to use them?" https://www.cnbc.com/2016/08/03/trump-asks-why-us-cant-use-nukes-msnbcs-joe-scarborough-reports.html https://www.cnbc.com/2016/08/03/trump-asks-why-us-cant-use-n...
  • rayiner 10mo ago
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    • dvfjsdhgfv 10mo ago
      Probably Alaska.
    • fhdkweig 10mo ago
      In any other presidency, it would be Russia. We had a cold war with them for 40+ years with anticipations that a hot war could start at literally any moment (see the fictional film Red Dawn). But, I don't think that Trump would invade Russia. His priorities are vastly different from any other president, Democrat or Republican.
    • dragonwriter 10mo ago
      They are based in Alaska, which is both a US state and strategically a rather key location for, among other things, air, including ballistic missile, defense; the defense of Alaska seems to be an ideal role for troops (1) with arctic training, and (2) the capability to rapidly redeploy to address incursions over a very wide area of operations.