Utopia Talk / Politics / Republicans against foreign intervention

williamthebastard rank	Fri Apr 10 21:46:35 If youre against foregin intervention, that sounds like you think all you should be doing is making sure your borders are well defended. Dont you get that the amount of money you spend on the military is hugely exaggerated for that objective?
williamthebastard rank	Fri Apr 10 21:47:50 ...and that youre probably buying all the wrong kinds of weaponry for that?
williamthebastard rank	Fri Apr 10 21:50:57 ...and training? That your military is singularly trained and equipped for offensive war in other parts of the world rather than defense of your borders?
williamthebastard rank	Fri Apr 10 21:56:07 basically, your entire military force is created and structured for foreign interventions.
Habebe rank	Sat Apr 11 00:06:22 It also acts a giant welfare program (individual and corporate) Hence part of the jacked up cost. It costs anywhere from $75k-million per soldier when you account for pensions, healthcare, housing benefits, disabiliry school tuition etc. The number is averaged to include full life benefits.
Habebe rank	Sat Apr 11 00:06:48 The corporate welfare involved dwarfs it.
Pillz rank	Sat Apr 11 02:54:53 ..... More brain cells were lost reading this thread than were used in the creations of its posts.
murder rank	Sat Apr 11 12:44:01 "basically, your entire military force is created and structured for foreign interventions." Of course. We have friendly neighbors to our north and south and oceans to our east and west. The closest thing to a threat in our neighborhood is Cuba, and the biggest threat they pose is mass migration. That's why we can afford to park entire armies halfway around the world in Iraq and Afghanistan for two decades without fear of invasion. -
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