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[arthursmedley]

Originally Posted by WTE_Galway

Armies are not for defense these days, they are for bully tactics and political advantage.

Everyone does it from Russia, China, US down to North korea and Iraq ... no country is innocent.

Haven't large standing armies always been about this? In Great Britain the last large standing army in peacetime was the one created by Cromwell during the civil war and after his death we had a helluva time trying to reduce it's powers and get rid of it. We took these lessons to heart - as did the people who would go on to write the US constitution. Until the Cold War large standing armies were associated with tyrannical regimes.

[MD_Titus]

Originally Posted by arthursmedley

Haven't large standing armies always been about this? In Great Britain the last large standing army in peacetime was the one created by Cromwell during the civil war and after his death we had a helluva time trying to reduce it's powers and get rid of it. We took these lessons to heart - as did the people who would go on to write the US constitution. Until the Cold War large standing armies were associated with tyrannical regimes.

implying he large standing armies in the cold war weren't associated with tyrannical regimes?

[WTE_Galway]

Originally Posted by MD_Titus

implying he large standing armies in the cold war weren't associated with tyrannical regimes?

The term "Cold War" itself was propaganda.

By implying that it was just a "different type of war" the general populace could be convinced of the need to maintain a large military and high military spending even during peacetime.

[SlipBall]

Americans are spawned from the most adventurous of stock from every corner of the earth. The lessons of the past are not forgotten by us, nor do we deny to ourselves, that evil does exist in this world.

[Viking]

Originally Posted by SlipBall

Americans are spawned from the most adventurous of stock from every corner of the earth. The lessons of the past are not forgotten by us, nor do we deny to ourselves, that evil does exist in this world.

You just keep it within your borders and we won't complain anymore!