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I suppose you think we should not defend ourselves?

• daeken 7y ago
  The Department of Defense is 99.9% offense, 0.1% defense. You can use the argument that the best defense is a good offense, but that doesn't really excuse the number of (largely unprovoked) attacks on and occupation of other sovereign nations.
  • pirate_dev 7y ago
    This exactly.
  • a1369209993 7y ago
    > and occupation of other sovereign nations. Not that I disagree with the sentiment, but if you're (successfully) occupying a nation, it is by definition not sovereign anymore.
  • AnimalMuppet 7y ago
    0.1% defense in terms of actions, but not in terms of capabilities. It's just that attacks on the US are very rare, because it's so capable of defense.
  • tic_tac 7y ago
    US military dominance is an ever present defense for nations around the world who would otherwise be harrassed or attacked by aggressive neighbors. US military involvement in the Middle East doesn't change that. Of course you can argue we shouldn't be involved in the Middle East, and there are some reasons to think we shouldn't be, but we can agree on that point and still believe the US should have the world's dominant military.
    • pinkfoot 7y ago
      The UK is being harassed by Ireland, the Faroe Islands, the Netherlands, Belgium, and France? > but we can agree [that] the US should have the world's dominant military. Who is "we"? It's not me.