[fleshmonad]

Yeah, otherwise the USA would have been invaded by Cuba, Iraq, Vietnam, Syria, Afghanistan, Yemen and a hundred more, and they all would have a fight over who can have it. Thank god the US defended themselves against those terrible guys. Especially the WMDs were quite the close call, the Iraqis were minutes away from nuking the land of the mart.

[ben_w]

Cuba's an odd rhetorical choice given https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuban_Missile_Crisis

[JumpCrisscross]

> otherwise the USA would have been invaded

Yes, invading Hawaii was part of imperial Japanese planning. If you don’t understand that defense spending is still worthwhile even if you don’t blow anything up with it, I’m not sure how we connect.

[Braxton1980]

You haven't shown the value. There are multiple countries that have a very low defense spending and since WW2 haven't been invaded.

[Finbel]

But... you ARE blowing things up with it?