your argument was bombing kids

okay, lets get rid of the military then.

this makes no sense.

@Spooky Melon It's called defending the homeland and not starting shit elsewhere in the world

It has the potential to be bad or good, it depends on who is authorising the orders tbh

it encourages use of force over diplomacy

if all you have is a hammer, everything starts to look like a nail

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@Marushia Dark oh, so to defend the homeland, we should never leave our soil, and instead wait for our enemies to be larger and stronger than us before they attack.

diplomacy

It's the difference between me keeping a gun in my house in case a burglar tries to break in versus me breaking into my neighbor's house and shooting his family

with gommies and muzzies

You get rid of the military you get steam rolled- the west literally did the same with gadafi and saddam

cuz that works so well

@Marushia Dark we should never intervene, and frankly, we should've let the soviets take over all of asia.

kek

is that what you're arguing?

diplomacy brought down the USSR as much as anything

because to never leave our country

Civilian populations in the west will most likely never be called upon in the event of a military conflict because most of them are useless tbh

allows the soviets

to have done

way more

than was allowed.

"oh, so to defend the homeland, we should never leave our soil, and instead wait for our enemies to be larger and stronger than us before they attack."

Basically, yes. It's the NAP applied to nations. You don't pre-emptively punish people

diplomacy aagainst soviets

not with them

@Marushia Dark thats how you fucking **lose**

are you trying to get stomped in a global conflict?

the nukes did moe to keep peace thn any ambassador ever did

I should clarify, we should also be building up OUR forces, but AT HOME, not abroad. Keep the biggest stick, but speak softly

NAP is ineffective and unenforceable

@Marushia Dark thank you neville chmberlain

I agree with @Marushia Dark assesment. It becomes a self-fullfing argument if one is allowed to utilize military force pre-emptively

"hurr-durr, we shouldn't have gone in and fucked on ISIS, we should've sat at home while they keep sending terrorists at us"

"they'll wear themselves out eventually"

fucking

so an army of inexperienced fighters

stupid

as always your knowledge of geopolitical strategy is as sharp as it was in 1935

to be fair the whole war with ISIS was ultimately pointless