The other comments in this thread (almost) all talk about any amount of spending being useless in the face of the extreme might of the US army, so I’m curious how you see more spending as being ok? Genuine question, not trying to attack you or anything.
You can’t convince other countries to form a military alliance with your country unless it has a half decent military. France isn’t going to agree to protect our country unless we can convince them we can protect theirs. In an ideal word, nobody would spend on defence but we don’t live in that world. Some amount of defence spending is unfortunately required. At least it sometimes does lead to societal improvements like GPS.
I also don’t believe the idea that the US can just instantly win a war. Vietnam, Afghanistan, and Iraq held their own. Russia thought they’d take over Ukraine in 3 days and it’s been 3 years and counting. These super powers like to claim they could take on the entire planet and win but then get embarrassed by a bunch of farmers.
The other comments in this thread (almost) all talk about any amount of spending being useless in the face of the extreme might of the US army, so I’m curious how you see more spending as being ok? Genuine question, not trying to attack you or anything.
You can’t convince other countries to form a military alliance with your country unless it has a half decent military. France isn’t going to agree to protect our country unless we can convince them we can protect theirs. In an ideal word, nobody would spend on defence but we don’t live in that world. Some amount of defence spending is unfortunately required. At least it sometimes does lead to societal improvements like GPS.
I also don’t believe the idea that the US can just instantly win a war. Vietnam, Afghanistan, and Iraq held their own. Russia thought they’d take over Ukraine in 3 days and it’s been 3 years and counting. These super powers like to claim they could take on the entire planet and win but then get embarrassed by a bunch of farmers.