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Mar1217 said:
KLAMarine said:

It is by the threat of force that peace is maintained.

I'm pretty sure we spend more on other things outside of defense. I think we spend most on social security.

I think some of those weapons are eventually sold to NATO allies so it's not a total waste. Also, better safe than sorry!

"It is by the threat of force that peace is maintained."

No. That's just illusioning yourself into what you call "peace". Conflicts do still exist around the world most notably in the Middle-East, Center Africa etc ... No peace has been achieved thus far, just extensions of  past conflicts and mismanagement of western institutions to bring on the table lasting solutions to what they caused in the first place.

 

Ka-pi96 said:
KLAMarine said:

It is by the threat of force that peace is maintained.

In video games...

In real life that's been proven false many times already.

 

I can't help but think back to the years prior to WW2. What if Britain and France had exercised greater force against Nazi Germany as Hitler was tearing apart the Treaty of Versailles?