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Ok, let me tweak the question further, for those who believe in restricting the size of government:

* Do people here believe that the federal government is the most competent at providing for national defense, or if something else, say states or private corporations, are more competent?

* If the answer is that the federal government is most competent at doing this, and you don't believe anyone else is, then what makes the military the only thing it is most competent at?