04-22-2017, 11:24 AM
(04-16-2017, 09:37 AM)fredtoast Wrote: Unfortunately the world is not a middle school playground.
The bloodthirsy war hawks were also thrilled when the US "manned up" and showed the world how great we were when we invaded Iraq?
Making decisions based on trying to show the world how tough we are is very, very stupid. Our country will go broke spending on military. We already spend almost as much as the rest of the world combined. The US accounts for 40% of military spending.
the rest of the world is laughing at us spening so much money on the military while going deeper and deeper in debt as a country. North Korea is in China's realm of influence. They would love for us to spend a few billion trying to fix that problem for them.
They are, but not for the reason you think.
Our military presence worldwide has enabled our allies to spend less on their own. It's a part of the reason why Europe can afford to have more generous welfare states.
