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In reply to the discussion: Guardian: Why does America lose its head over 'terror' but ignore its daily gun deaths? [View all]avebury
(10,952 posts)spends to much money on their military will spend themselves into the ground. The USSR could not keep pace with the US on military spending and eventually broke up. The UK was the largest world power until it got itself into too many wars. No country can stay at the top economically while getting itself into too many military conflicts and pouring endless funds into its military. A lot of countries that are doing pretty well are countries that don't spend exorbitant money on their military. Why on earth should some of these countries even begin to think that they need a world class military on par with the US - all they have to do is let us take care of the world's problems. I have got news for you - the US should not be acting as the world's police force. If we get involved with issues overseas we should really pick and choose which fights to participate in. All we are do is enabling so much of what takes place around the world. We are like parents who refuse to kick grown children out of the house.
Look at the state of our infrastructure, the state of our schools, the number of people living below the poverty level. Look at how many people who actually work full time and still qualify for food stamps and public assistance. All of this is the result of a Military Industrial Complex and Congress that refuse to operate the military on a more common sense and reasonable basis. Why should tax payers be forced to fund military hardware that the Pentagon says it does not need and does not want?