| Ka-pi96 said: The US doesn't do that though. The US military didn't stop the whole middle east thing from starting. It didn't stop Afghanistan. It didn't stop the Russian "invasion" of Crimea. It didn't stop the Vietnamese war. It didn't stop the Argentinian attack on the Falklands. It didn't stop the Korean war. So much for that "security force". Besides, if spending = strength as you seem to think then places like the EU don't even need the US anyway since the UK and France together outspend Russia and that's without the other 50 odd EU countries chipping in. So not only have you been useless in defending Europe (and the rest of the world) anyway, you're not even needed. Besides, what kind of messed up logic do you need to think that Russia or China are suddenly going to become Nazi Germany and try and conquer the world if the US lower their military budget, because it sounds like that's what you're saying, while the reality is it wouldn't really change a thing for either of those countries (or the countries near them). |
You can say that all you want but when European politicians come on US television shows and say that "the United States, as a world leader, needs to do more to help out in Europe," then it rings hollow as fuck. That's nothing but self-serving hypocrisy.
Don't get me wrong. I'm fully behind the idea of reducing defense spending and telling Europe to fuck off the next time they come demanding help. Still, we do have allies I think we should help in other parts of the world and it would be unfair to abandon them.
