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It's really starting to annoy me when someone starts talking about how the US military keeps us safe and some jerk has to chime in with some crap like "how was invading Iraq keeping me safe?" and then gets some smug look on their face like they just said something clever.
What the morons that say crap like this fail to realize is that it's not the actual wars we fight that keep the people of the US safe. The US military keeps the citizenry safe merely by existing. They get to live out there lives without having to worry about an invading army destroying everything they love because we have built up such a massive military machine that the idea of invading the US is just unthinkable. Plus there are other forms of protection the US military can provide US citizens that most other nations' military forces cannot. For instance, our ability to deploy troops anywhere on the planet within 24 hours means if we get captured or just stranded in a nation in which hostilities break out, our government can send soldiers to rescue us in short order. Our operation in Grenada was an example of that.
What the morons that say crap like this fail to realize is that it's not the actual wars we fight that keep the people of the US safe. The US military keeps the citizenry safe merely by existing. They get to live out there lives without having to worry about an invading army destroying everything they love because we have built up such a massive military machine that the idea of invading the US is just unthinkable. Plus there are other forms of protection the US military can provide US citizens that most other nations' military forces cannot. For instance, our ability to deploy troops anywhere on the planet within 24 hours means if we get captured or just stranded in a nation in which hostilities break out, our government can send soldiers to rescue us in short order. Our operation in Grenada was an example of that.
Yet nukes would already shield the US, like any other country with them, against serious invasion. So the actual army doesn't deter other nations from attacking; no one would attack North Korea either and it isn't that they have a serious army.
Last I checked, our nuclear arsenal is maintained by the military, so the point still stands. Plus there are the other ways in which the military protects the citizens, one of which I already mentioned.
Another way is the National Guard being deployed for disaster relief efforts whenever a natural disaster strikes an area of the US. The National Guard not only helps maintain public order, but they also deliver humanitarian aid to citizens and help with evacuation efforts if it is needed. They also do a lot of the search and rescue work that needs to be done in the wake of particularly large disasters.
MagisterCultuum
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Countries that have completely abolished their militaries frankly have a better record of remaining safe than those that maintain large standing armies. US military interventions have inspired a great many terrorist attacks, while Liechtenstein's neutrality has kept it safe and prosperous.
Nations that have abolished their militaries are also either of no strategic value (thus no one has any motivation to invade them) or they rely on other nations to come to their aid and protect them if they ever did get invaded.
To use your Liechtenstein example: Would Liechtenstein be so keen on abolishing their military if they weren't surrounded by powerful militaries that they know would rush to their aid if anyone attempted to conquer them?
EDIT: And I just looked it up. Liechtenstein hasn't abolished their military, they just don't maintain a standing army and only raise an army if they ever find themselves at war. And their standing army wasn't abolished because of some noble stance they were trying to take, it's simply because they deemed having a standing army to be too costly.
EDIT2: And if you look up all the nations that have "abolished" their militaries, you'll see that most of them just formed security agreements with a larger, more powerful nation for defense. So they didn't really abolish their militaries so much as they just contracted it out to other nations.
gay_Aleks
from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free!
It's been five long hours with no electricity. Damn it.
Erm, use a dictionary ?The problem with this is that I then cannot check my English spelling.
You could try going Outside.
A pretty girl (who I'm interested in and who allegedly is single) invited me to her birthday.
I'm not here that weekend.
Will meet her during dance class again, will somehow need to make something out of this.
Damn.
As usual: She didn't turn up for the dance class *sigh*
.Didn't manage to talk more to one of the other girls I'm also interested in (only 3 right now), also mad at myself for that.
The result of this is that they don't talk to each other anymore. While this is a sort of okay outcome, it also means that I now spend more time with them apart. Means I spend more time with the lady 1 on 1. Which I think begins to mess with my brain.
shadowplay
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I think I've finally figured out your true identity. You're Archie Andrews, right? And the three girls in question are Betty, Veronica, and Cheryl. The girl who didn't show up is Midge, and the reason she didn't show up is because she has a jealous boyfriend named Moose.As usual: She didn't turn up for the dance class *sigh*
Didn't manage to talk more to one of the other girls I'm also interested in (only 3 right now), also mad at myself for that.
The result of this is that they don't talk to each other anymore. While this is a sort of okay outcome, it also means that I now spend more time with them apart. Means I spend more time with the lady 1 on 1. Which I think begins to mess with my brain.
Jughead never had multiple girlfriends, or even just one. He only liked a girl if she cooked or baked for him, or if her father owned a restaurant. While he and Betty are buddies, there was never anything even slightly romantic between them.Sounds more as if he were Jughead.
Nope, The_J is Archie. Or maybe Reggie. Reggie had multiple girlfriends, as well.
thecrazyscot
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Bad example, because no one cares about Liechtenstein. Plus, even if they mobilized their entire population they wouldn't be able to defend themselves anyways if one of their neighbors decided to attack, so what would the point of a standing army be?
That happens to Archie sometimes.
Maybe he's really Charlie Brown, then. Except in that case, there would only be one girl (the "little red-haired girl").
This is turning into quite a mystery. I'm going to have to consult my list of comic strips on the site I subscribe to.
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