[hellzbellz123]

because most americans do not want war, at least id hope, so calling it that seems pretty short sited (maybe until you continually do that 'war' thing), if you want the citizens to look positively on your spending it should probably be for defense not war, again, at least i should hope. im just a dumb "lib" whatever that means

[Finbel]

On the other hand calling it "Department of Defense" seems quite whitewashing of what it actually does.

[happymellon]

It spends the defence budget...

[Finbel]

You see how that's a circular reasoning? The defense budget should by all accounts be called the war budget if we look at how it's spent (Iran).

[westmeal]

Which is used primarily for offense anyway

[Braxton1980]

I'm pretty sure the amount the money spent on offensive actions is significantly less than the defense

[westmeal]

When was America last invaded by a foreign adversary?

[JumpCrisscross]

This resembles anti-vax logic. We haven’t been invaded because our military maintains a strong deterrence and strategic depth.

[happymellon]

Maybe.

I was just saying that the purpose of the Department of Defence is to spend the "defence budget".