[wait_a_minute]

lol war machine? what war machine? there's proxy wars and internal civil conflicts happening abroad, and definitely shady profiteering in some places, and definitely refugee crisis many of which are caused by climate change actually...but what war machine are you talking about? there's no real war out there. if there was, most of us wouldn't be here posting anymore. I hope to God there's never actual war out there.

[kevingadd]

You'll find that many of the ongoing/recent conflicts listed on these pages involve bombs/rockets/aircraft/tanks, not to mention soldiers on the ground and in some cases occupation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:2020s_conflicts

Remember when Russia invaded and seized part of Ukraine a few years ago? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annexation_of_Crimea_by_the_Ru...

[Griffinsauce]

There's lots of actual war. Not all wars are world wars.

Edit: it's also not the point of my post. The US invests in its military partially under the pretense of existential threats (basically, commies invading the mainland). That is undermined by having an laughably easy to cripple defense.