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jobbies@lemmy.zip 2 weeks agoworld’s largest military
Yet it still struggled in Korea, Vietnam, Afghan, Iraq and now Iran. Countries like Ukraine are doing more with a lot less. Size + spending = capability doesn’t seem to add up anymore and isn’t providing value for money. Like you say, its just enriching the military contractors.
I don’t know about Medicare but Medicaid and SS are pretty dismal compared to the rest of the west. And even countries like China nowadays.
nucleative@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Projecting power is hard and defense is usually easier than offense.
The USA was historically pretty smart by having a giant military but deferring to negotiation and soft power techniques to get its way.
It helped when we had allies. Actually that was kinda crucial to the concept. :-\