(January 26, 2018 at 1:05 pm)Rev. Rye Wrote:(January 23, 2018 at 11:18 am)Industrial Lad Wrote: What does he mean by the 'need for a strong military'? We had the most powerful military in the world, ever, by far, and recently we expanded on that. How strong is strong enough? Strong enough to win WW III by ourselves?
We could slash the military budget in half and we'd still be head and shoulders over the second-biggest spender, China. Hell, most of the countries we're likely to go to war with actually have lower defense budgets than Germany and Japan, whose militaries are, in Germany's case, such a joke that NATO won't even allow them in combat situations, and, in Japan's case, explicitly forbidden by their constitution to go to war.
I knew the first and second things you said, some of the rest provides further enlightenment. I was aware of pacifism being in Japan's constitutions.
Republican's are kind of like some goofy professional wrestle. "The Pubster says this!! We need to beef up the military oh yeah! Fans:You suck Pubster!! We spend more than the next 7 biggest spenders combined! Pubster:The Pubster doesn't care about facts and figures!! Oh Yeah!! Believe it!! We need a strong military defend against ISIS and all the invaders that have never actually attempted to invade us!
I think it's partially the campaign contributions form defense contractors and partially that it's a permanent part of their ideology. Like they wouldn't be Republicans anymore if they didn't say that, whatever the facts. Of course the Democrats always just go along with increased military spending almost every time.
