The U.S. Military's Strength Is Being Wasted on Pointless Wars
Daniel L. Davis
Since its creation in 1775, the purpose of the U.S. Armed Forces has been to defend the nation against all enemies, foreign and domestic. Now, however, the U.S. military, in the vast majority of cases, is deployed not to defend the country, but to execute a long list of tactical tasks which have little, if any, association with securing vital U.S. national interests.
The evidence is clear and overwhelming. Just under two hundred thousand American military personnel are currently deployed in 177 nations around the world. The mission in Afghanistan has largely degenerated into merely keeping the regime in Kabul from falling to insurgents. U.S. military personnel in Syria are supporting various so-called “moderate” Islamic militia and Kurdish Syrian Defense Forces. Meanwhile, across the border in Iraq, American troops are also supporting Iraqi Security Forces for the benefit of the government in Baghdad.
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