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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: WarmPotato on February 02, 2021, 10:32:07 pm

Title: The Importance of the US Military
Post by: WarmPotato on February 02, 2021, 10:32:07 pm

Main Points -
1) We fund and spearhead NATO and the UN
2) US Military bases serve as a deterent to war
3) Japan, Korea, & others do not militarize because of us
4) We literally are going into debt for the sake of others
5) The US is the reason for free trade/low prices across the seas

And I've got to say, things like AFRICOM, are only the beginning!

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Title: Re: The Importance of the US Military
Post by: PeteS in CA on February 02, 2021, 10:55:20 pm

Well having a military is kind of mandated by the US Constitution.

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5) The US is the reason for free trade/low prices across the seas

Historically one of the major roles of the Royal Navy was suppression of piracy, an obvious need for a nation dependent on trade. That role devolved onto the USN after WW1 and WW2 devastated the UK's economy and left the RN with a lot of worn-out and inexpensive but limited utility ships (e.g. the 20-knot Black Swan class sloops, good for convoy escort and hunting U-boats).