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They work with the US military.
by drawfloat 8mo ago
They work with the US military.
- mhb 8mo agoDefending the US. So?
- cess11 8mo agoThat's pretty bad.
- mhb 8mo agoSweden too. So there's that.
- cess11 7mo agoWhat do you mean?
- mhb 7mo agoI mean that it's one thing to think it's bad to be defending the US. And it's another thing to think it's bad for the US to be defending the place you live.
- cess11 7mo agoIt doesn't. US presence where I live, make it a target.
- mhb 7mo agoM'okay. Cops are evil, military is evil. Looks bleak.
- cess11 7mo agoI'd prefer we kicked out the usians and reformed back into people's defense forces. I've spent some time in the military but didn't pursue it because they made a law where we could be ordered to participate in foreign missions, and at the time I knew people who had been to Afghanistan and helped out protecting US drug barons. They weren't feeling very good and got very little assistance with their psychiatric issues, like going to parties and drinking and crying a lot and sometimes tell stories about kids they'd murdered.
- mhb 7mo agoThat sounds reasonable but is it realistic to believe that with military spending of 10% of your potential adversary (i.e., Russia) Sweden would be able to mount a credible defense on its own?
- drawfloat 8mo agoWhat year do you think it is? The US is actively aggressive in multiple areas of the world. As a non US citizen I don’t think helping that effort at the expense of the rest of the world is good.
- mhb 8mo agoTwo things can be true. The US pays for most of the defense of NATO.
- drawfloat 7mo agoYou’re currently threatening to invade a NATO country and being investigated for electoral interference in another. Not buying it anymore. Whatever is going on there, I would not categorise a company backing that as morally “good”
- mhb 7mo agoYeah. That's all absurd. It's a big leap from that to the conclusion that the US military isn't a net good for the world. What post-modern world do you think you're living in in which militaries aren't needed for defense? And if they weren't around to defend you, you'd be better off? The veneer of civilization isn't as thick as you seem to think.
- riku_iki 8mo agoSure, as well as other powers are actively aggressive during last N thousands years, that's how humans operate, who don't they extinct.
- spacechild1 8mo agoThe US military is famous for purely acting in self defence...