Quote:They are assholes who reached the top of the command chain using treason, not respecting a single oath, killing, murder, rape and torture.
I thought you were talking about Mitch McConnell and Orrin Hatch.
Seriously, there is a major problem with this observation of Bill Maher's.
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What Bill does not get is that the purpose of those 5 million soldiers is not to project power across their borders - they lack any sort of logistical base to do that effectively. Their primary purpose is to support the regime that pays them and control/oppress dissenters. Basically what we use the police to do in this country.