THE ERA OF TRUMP

[The Conservative]

Can't teach a hammer to love nails son!

No, but you can teach even an idiot which nails to hit.

[Hanarchy Montanarchy]

Can't teach a hammer to love nails son!

No, but you can teach even an idiot which nails to hit.

You have clearly never done a carpentry project with me. I'm wild... a free bird that can't be caged.

[SuburbanFarmer]

Wrong, it is used as a deterrent. When you know, you are going up against an enemy that has superior numbers, and power you are less likely to loose your shit against them, because you don't want to deal with the repercussions, like death and humiliating defeat.

Initially, yes - and that is how it's sold to the public.

However, as we've seen, it begins to accrue it's own momentum. In the modern age, this is known as the MIC. That "special interest" begins to override and hijack the national budget, driving the host country to ruin, unless it can be justified with a war.

Also, when the only tool you have is a hammer... You end up pounding nails all over the globe, just for the hell of it.

That is why we have more than a hammer...

Seriously, this is why Trump was elected, to get things under control and back to the American people. He has a lot to live up to, and a lot of expectations, this is one of those people are expecting him to follow through with.

Is it?

I recall him promising to rapidly expand the military. He even spelled out how many aircraft carriers/tanks/troops he wanted, a few weeks before the election.

[Kazmyr]

Initially, yes - and that is how it's sold to the public.

However, as we've seen, it begins to accrue it's own momentum. In the modern age, this is known as the MIC. That "special interest" begins to override and hijack the national budget, driving the host country to ruin, unless it can be justified with a war.

Also, when the only tool you have is a hammer... You end up pounding nails all over the globe, just for the hell of it.

Come come now, GCF... the hammer isn't the only tool in your toolbox....

...you also have a sickle, right comrade?



:snicker:

[Hanarchy Montanarchy]

Is it?

I recall him promising to rapidly expand the military. He even spelled out how many aircraft carriers/tanks/troops he wanted, a few weeks before the election.

Do you think you can kill terrorists' families on the measly 600 billion stipend we give to our poor, starved MIC?

[SuburbanFarmer]

[The Conservative]

Initially, yes - and that is how it's sold to the public.

However, as we've seen, it begins to accrue it's own momentum. In the modern age, this is known as the MIC. That "special interest" begins to override and hijack the national budget, driving the host country to ruin, unless it can be justified with a war.

Also, when the only tool you have is a hammer... You end up pounding nails all over the globe, just for the hell of it.

That is why we have more than a hammer...

Seriously, this is why Trump was elected, to get things under control and back to the American people. He has a lot to live up to, and a lot of expectations, this is one of those people are expecting him to follow through with.

Is it?

I recall him promising to rapidly expand the military. He even spelled out how many aircraft carriers/tanks/troops he wanted, a few weeks before the election.

And? A strong military is the best deterrent for peace.

[apeman]

That is why we have more than a hammer...

Seriously, this is why Trump was elected, to get things under control and back to the American people. He has a lot to live up to, and a lot of expectations, this is one of those people are expecting him to follow through with.

Is it?

I recall him promising to rapidly expand the military. He even spelled out how many aircraft carriers/tanks/troops he wanted, a few weeks before the election.

And? A strong military is the best deterrent for peace.

Do we not already have the strongest military by an enormous margin????

[Speaker to Animals]

A super strong military is a guarantee you will be going to war. A large standing army is a war magnet, especially in any republic whose power is somehow based on votes.

Wrong, it is used as a deterrent. When you know, you are going up against an enemy that has superior numbers, and power you are less likely to loose your shit against them, because you don't want to deal with the repercussions, like death and humiliating defeat.

How much warfare, do you suppose, the people of Japan and Germany have been exposed to since 1945?

If you ranked developed nations by casualties in foreign wars, you'd also see a correlation between size of the armed forces and war. Maybe those wars were all just wars, that's not really the point. The point is that, when some foreign war is a choice, and when a nation has a very large armed forces, the choice is more often than not: yes.

Which is why the founders wrote a Constitution that does not actually support the idea of a permanent standing army..

[The Conservative]

A super strong military is a guarantee you will be going to war. A large standing army is a war magnet, especially in any republic whose power is somehow based on votes.

Wrong, it is used as a deterrent. When you know, you are going up against an enemy that has superior numbers, and power you are less likely to loose your shit against them, because you don't want to deal with the repercussions, like death and humiliating defeat.

How much warfare, do you suppose, the people of Japan and Germany have been exposed to since 1945?

If you ranked developed nations by casualties in foreign wars, you'd also see a correlation between size of the armed forces and war. Maybe those wars were all just wars, that's not really the point. The point is that, when some foreign war is a choice, and when a nation has a very large armed forces, the choice is more often than not: yes.

When you have another country's army to protect you... it's called a shield.