[benreesman]

There are only a few places you could live and not live under the umbrella of safety that the United States Military offers.

If you don’t and are safe, you live under one of a very few other umbrellas.

It’s easy to be stridently principled under the protection of the people you’re criticizing.

[janalsncm]

This is conflating different things. Most people want the US to be able to defend itself and potentially others. But almost all of the military conflicts the US has been involved in lately have had dubious value to that end.

Once you build a better weapon, you can’t control how it will be used anymore.

[benreesman]

If you have an issue with which wars get fought and why, that’s an issue for the voting box.

If you oppose a potent military you’re either an irrelevant minority or soon to be a victim of those who endorse one.

[YeGoblynQueenne]

Yeah, that's what the mafia guys will tell you when they come round to collect their protection money. "We keep you safe". What they don't say: "... from people like us".