Originally posted by Ding_Hao:
Conservatives: Why do you want to have a large military, but keep it at home instead of using it?
Good questions.
Why do you want to have a large military It is very hard to accurately estimate how much military you need but the importance of it when you need it is usually high. It is much better to overestimate the need because you can always not to use the extra strenght.
Historically, half the states participating in the war lost. Much less then half actually "won". Most of those losers thought their miliotary was adequate before the war.
but keep it at home instead of using it Our military is supposed to solve our problems. With russian invasion of europe much less likely lately, there is no need and less temptation to play world cop if our soldiers are here.
The only proper "use" for them is protecting us and our allies from invasion.
miko.
