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I don't understand why "only" and "and nothing more" are present in that sentence. You don't think strategic projection of power is important?
Sometimes you have to let countries duke it out themselves and settle their scores by themselves. I also think post Cold War, we're spending way too much money protecting others at US taxpayer expense. Let those countries defend themselves. Why do we have to be the world police and take all the blowback?
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I don't understand why "only" and "and nothing more" are present in that sentence. You don't think strategic projection of power is important?
What about those islanders though? "Power projection" is important. But it's sad that its at the expense of human beings who live and work there.
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I don't understand why "only" and "and nothing more" are present in that sentence. You don't think strategic projection of power is important?
Sometimes you have to let countries duke it out themselves and settle their scores by themselves. I also think post Cold War, we're spending way too much money protecting others at US taxpayer expense. Let those countries defend themselves. Why do we have to be the world police and take all the blowback?
To me, that is worth a lot.
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Sometimes you have to let countries duke it out themselves and settle their scores by themselves. I also think post Cold War, we're spending way too much money protecting others at US taxpayer expense. Let those countries defend themselves. Why do we have to be the world police and take all the blowback?
Because we benefit disproportionately from world peace, uninterrupted shipping, and the world economy using the U.S. dollar as its reserve currency.
If we did not spend those extra tens of billions per year in projecting power, we could better serve our students, workers, retirees, infrastructure, etc. Instead, they go to ensuring Japan, Korea, Philippines, etc. don't have to spend so much on defense.
As China ascends to No. 1, will they take over the spending? (I'd be happy of they were the ones keeping shipping lanes for their own exports open and not us)
Sort of related, the list of Associated states is an interesting rabbit hole to read about. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Associated_state
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I don't understand why "only" and "and nothing more" are present in that sentence. You don't think strategic projection of power is important?
What about those islanders though? "Power projection" is important. But it's sad that its at the expense of human beings who live and work there.
There are some positive economic impacts for the locals.
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What about those islanders though? "Power projection" is important. But it's sad that its at the expense of human beings who live and work there.
I know someone who grew up near a US base in the Philippines. Her father was employed as a cook at the base. When the base was closed, they went back to eeking out a living through subsistence farming. There are some positive economic impacts for the locals.