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Torgo posted...

I guess I'm more pro-military than most on the left, but that's because I see the military as an institution with potential for good while recognizing the inherent responsibility of wielding such destructive capability. A volunteer army in the hands of a well informed democracy can be a force for justice, or in the wrong hands it can be the enforcement mechanism for tyrants. But what underlies all of this, is the stark reality that the world has large conventional standing armies serving under every state system on every continent, and so should we.

Maybe cut the budget occasionally though...

A budget cut wouldn't even actually hurt our military, is the fun/awful part. There are so many resources that just don't get used at all, so the system is for the auditors to come in, say "oh you didn't use all the supplies, you don't need such a budget". But, knowing this, the branches will burn resources so as to not lose budget. I learned this from a veteran friend. He played the world's most expensive game of skeet shoot, using droned and stinger missiles.

What they need isn't more budget, it's a goddamn manager.