"The military is fighting for our freedoms." Truth or Propaganda?

[Mr Khan]

MDMAniac said:

@ ArnoldRimmer

Your freedom ends where restrictions and regulations for others begin. So, the more power we have to suppress the world, the more freedom we gain. If only stupid hippies could understand this.

This applies only in anarchy, however. We as individual Americans are not in an anarchy, and thereby our freedoms are not protected by our strength in the world, unless it got to the point where some other country could, by force, influence our domestic politics. The freedom of the USA to act in the anarchy that is global affairs is impacted by our military strength, but how does that reinforce our freedom or wellbeing as individuals?