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**Stetbrate** · 08-29-2012, 10:09 AM

Other than that, a strong military always needs a raison d'être. It's politically-fiscally untenable having a huge military that just sits on their asses all day. So the reasoning is that the mere presence of a huge military force enables war. And when one looks at all the nations that have such, not just the US, that's exactly what happens.

Actually, the military does not juse "sit on their asses all day". It actually works quite hard. I mean, how many jobs have you had where 18 hour days, 30+ days without a day off can be considered "normal"? Or where you can be expected to work 24+ hours a day (without overtime pay no less)?

And a large percentage of the military does more then just fight wars. They are also a major first responder during times of disaster. Who was it that provided most of the initial support after 9/11? Hurricane Katrina? Mississippi flooding? North-East winter storms? California earthquakes? Wild fires?

Yep, the military. In addition they give huge amounts of support to other nations when they have disasters, from hurricanes and earthquakes to famine, civil strife, even volcanoes.

And the very idea of a large, well trained, well equiped military is to hopefully prevent wars by deterrence. And with a few exceptions it has worked for over 100 years. But the problem is that not everybody will be deterred. They are so sure that they have a mission from a higher power to destroy us (or an ally).

Just look at Hitler, Mussilini and Tojo to see what I mean. Even if the US possessed "The Bomb" when WWII broke out, it would not have prevented them from starting the war. Because all three were sure they would prevail, no matter what the odds.

08-29-2012, 10:09 AM	#34
Stetbrate Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 489 Senior Member	Other than that, a strong military always needs a raison d'être. It's politically-fiscally untenable having a huge military that just sits on their asses all day. So the reasoning is that the mere presence of a huge military force enables war. And when one looks at all the nations that have such, not just the US, that's exactly what happens. Actually, the military does not juse "sit on their asses all day". It actually works quite hard. I mean, how many jobs have you had where 18 hour days, 30+ days without a day off can be considered "normal"? Or where you can be expected to work 24+ hours a day (without overtime pay no less)? And a large percentage of the military does more then just fight wars. They are also a major first responder during times of disaster. Who was it that provided most of the initial support after 9/11? Hurricane Katrina? Mississippi flooding? North-East winter storms? California earthquakes? Wild fires? Yep, the military. In addition they give huge amounts of support to other nations when they have disasters, from hurricanes and earthquakes to famine, civil strife, even volcanoes. And the very idea of a large, well trained, well equiped military is to hopefully prevent wars by deterrence. And with a few exceptions it has worked for over 100 years. But the problem is that not everybody will be deterred. They are so sure that they have a mission from a higher power to destroy us (or an ally). Just look at Hitler, Mussilini and Tojo to see what I mean. Even if the US possessed "The Bomb" when WWII broke out, it would not have prevented them from starting the war. Because all three were sure they would prevail, no matter what the odds.
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