I remember when any time a Republican brought up the budget and spending Democrats would deflect by pointing out the defense budget. Back then Republican politicians championed defense. The liberals tried that on me and were mortified when I told them I absolutely want to slash America’s defense spending
Realistically, America can be properly defended with a quarter of the current spending
I mean within reason. But it's a balancing act. Defence spending abroad does have some benefits
>>> I remember when any time a Republican brou...
No one is mortified lmao what a stupid opinion
Reduce the co tract costs and its way better
I definitely disagree with that. If they don’t pay us back in some form we need to stop
Understand that that mentality will lead to larger global issues that will eventually involve us anyway
We have really good data and historical evidence to prove this too its not heresay
What were doing with defense aid is hedging bets so we don't have to be involved in full scale war
Speaking of war see russia china an hamas after trump won
I disagree. Our foreign bases are global overreach.
Plus that money comes right back to the US anyway in the form of weapons
😂 not even president and people wanna play nice and end wars all of a sudden
As I said, I don’t have a problem with being compensated for global defense
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I do agree with this part. I'm talking about defense aid though not military station in foreign countries
If they compensate us for our aid I don’t mind giving them aid
What about Israel? For or against?
Haven’t put much thought to that
When should that payment be collected? Immediately? I'm a term of 5 years? When the war is won? What if they lose? Who pays?
It's not really aid if they pay immediately
Well, if they are in default when the war breaks out they are SOL
If they were meeting their obligations before the war broke out that’s a different story
And this is why history is so important
Because all you are doing is delaying the inevitable if you treat aid that way
The reason America got so rich during the two world wars is because Europe borrowed a lot of money from them. Now we defend them for free 🥴
End all the foreign aid. Corrupt governments need rooted out. And the countries would be much less poor
It's not a simple business problem. Countries do not operate that way.
All a country is is a giant business
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We could start by cutting all tires to Saudi Arabia
Why would we cut ties with them specifically?
I'm actually for bombing them into dust
Why not cut ties with France?
Why should you be for bombing anyone?
Why not bomb England to dust?
They are a totalitarian regime and responsible for funding terrorists all over
I think Iran funds more terrorists than Saudi Arabia
They are indirectly responsible for 911
And England influences our CIA
