The Pentagon doesn’t need $886bn. I oppose this bloated defense budget | Bernie Sanderswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkcross-posted to: politics@kbin.social hedge ( @hedge@beehaw.org ) PoliticsEnglish • 1 year ago message-square51arrow-up1366
arrow-up1366external-linkThe Pentagon doesn’t need $886bn. I oppose this bloated defense budget | Bernie Sanderswww.theguardian.com hedge ( @hedge@beehaw.org ) PoliticsEnglish • 1 year ago message-square51cross-posted to: politics@kbin.social
minus-square fuzzywolf23 ( @fuzzywolf23@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkEnglish7•1 year agoThe existence of those bases means we can negotiate with soft power where instead we might need to make a show of force. Intimidation, aka diplomacy, is superior to actual fights.
minus-square mtset ( @mtset@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoWe wouldn’t need to intimidate people if we weren’t all up in the business of other random countries, constantly inciting coups, etc.
minus-square fuzzywolf23 ( @fuzzywolf23@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_navigation International shipping: just one of the freedoms protected by the modern us armed forces
The existence of those bases means we can negotiate with soft power where instead we might need to make a show of force. Intimidation, aka diplomacy, is superior to actual fights.
We wouldn’t need to intimidate people if we weren’t all up in the business of other random countries, constantly inciting coups, etc.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_navigation
International shipping: just one of the freedoms protected by the modern us armed forces