Not quite. We are funding the military so that evil people on this earth do not take away the rights of stupid people to live without fear.
Unfortunately that is why we fund our military.
Those that would kill off all of us who think that we have a right to say what we want, are not succeeding because of the people who have served and who are serving OUR military.
"I guess we did what we did so that some dumbc#nts can sit behind their computers or dumbphones and write BS about us. They probably wouldn't be wanking at their desks if we didn't do what we did, when and where it had to be done....." JM. (my dad).
How many countries have actually tried to invade the US in the last century?
I mean the US citizens alone have more guns then 95% of the armies in the world.
You are correct.
The question you need to ask yourself is WHY?
Would you be OK with it if the fight came to your backyard?
Would you be OK with it if 9/11 happened again?
Keeping the enemies of freedom and human rights as far away from those of us who believe in freedom and human rights is more so important than trying to prove to those backward inbreeds that all humans are equals.
Some ideologies are just pure and utter evil, no matter what they may call them self or present them self as.
So when put into a position to look reality in the eye:
I'd much rather the people willing to kill all of us who do not fit into their ideologies kill each other/themselves off.
Which people that would attack you do you mean? I don' know any!
That is, I know a lot, but those people are only angry towards the US because the US military killed a lot of their friends and family.
Take Al Kaida for example, the most dangerous foreign enemy on US soil for at least a century.
Once a small group (financed and trained by the US btw). Now 10 times bigger.
Still losing to the IS because the US fought Al Kaida. In that fight the US also destabilized half a continent and killed half a million people.
Without the US military that would not have happened.
Look reality in the eye and leave it at that.
Trying to justify actions of today because of mistakes made in the past doesn't help anyone.
The reality is that we are where we are today and if we let another 9/11 happen because of ignorance then I guess we do not deserve anything better.
The reality we live in is more so important to me than the reality people lived in prior to 9/11. (let alone the example you gave from the Cold War era).
PS. I'm off to bed.
You at least put a smile on my face with "Which people that would attack you do you mean? I don' know any! That is, I know a lot,......"
Look reality in the eyes - yes! Please do it!!
Why are you so freaked out about a risk that is so micro??
Here, look at the numbers. someone posted it just today:
https://steemit.com/terrorism/@hagbardceline/terrorism-is-the-worst-threat-we-ever-had-to-face-right
Your police is more dangerous then terrorists! Your own guns are more dangerous! Fucking heat is!
Also with all that money into military and "terror prevention" you could save a hundred times more lives!
https://steemit.com/politics/@lennstar/why-anti-terror-actually-kills-more-people-then-the-terror-attacks
Thanks to all the men and women who sacrificed a part of their lives so that we may be free individuals.
God bless them.
That is reality, some people give of themselves for all of us and do not expect anything in return. Some just expect everything and are not prepared to give anything for it!
Good night.
And now an answer on topic please?