and the middle east is fucking dismal real estate

That is the most ridiculous statement you have made, all empires fall if given enough time, that does not mean they are bad

better off fixing and strengthening the homestead. improve infrastructure, continue growing the economy, support our ***actual*** allies

What a croc of shite

Let me tell you a harsh truth, when nations do not go to war, their Defence budget is often the first thing to get cut to ribbons

So what; men get sacked, equipment fails, vehicles and technology falls into disrepair, etc

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth-generation_warfare

oh boohoo, we'll only have a greater budget than only the next *seven* nations combined

perish the thought

BECAUSE America goes to war you absolute retard

If they stopped going the justification for that budget goes down

You want to be the world police you pay for it

its justification is paper thin and balanced on fucking corpses to begin with

Tbh our military is milked for cash by the companies they do business with; in my opinion those corporations should be nationalized

except lets not? Who fucking asked for that?

Corpses that in most cases made the choice to serve and the choice to go because they chose to do something with their lives that gave them wealth and pride <:shrug:349342983763656705>

And you some tard on the internet wants to spit on that <:pot_of_kek:544849795433496586>

yes, I have so little respect for my country's servicemen I want their service to actually benefit their country instead of make fat saudi pigs richer

got it just right, moron

Except it wont dude, you like most civvies have it in their head that "troops should stay at home" without realising that troops staying at home are doing fuck all else and get sacked

where did I say stay home? nice dodge

So yes you do have little respect for them

Make the military the domestic police force <:thinking_clown:590855640268668928>

Basically what they want legio, but the military does not want to do that

No, the constitution forbids a standing army on US soil. the national guard is a separate entity

The idea of soldiers marching around their own streets detaining their own people is repugnant tbh

@Storin because then your state is implicitly at war with the population it governs

That's why I put the <:thinking_clown:590855640268668928>

You already have the police to do that as well

exactly

which is why I didn't suggest that

Yeah, but the people don't see it that way. It becomes much more obvious with a military presence

sorry, which people, and to what end?

The real you should be asking what would they be doing to benefit the country

Well as I said soldiers are usually working class men that don't "fit" in society, that is why they go to the military 🤔

https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/politia#Latin
I'm talking about how people interpret their reality

And a lot of them (self included) have been on operations and I loved it

The general public sees a police presence as a "state presence"

https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/militaris#Latin

....yes...? Not seeing where you're going with this. we've already established just putting the army on domestic soil isn't a solution

The biggest problem for the army is basically the home population, because most of them do not have the stomach for war and thus tend to turn what could be a victory into a route