America can be a superpower or a welfare state, but not both.

[Anthony W.]

Originally Posted by gimpy117

so its better to have the power to kill anybody we want at the drop of a hat...but not be able to help our own people. The world has changed, it's not the cold war. it's time we realized that

Our military doesn't JUST influence our ability to kill. It gives us more bargaining power diplomatically and majorly affects the economy...

I am getting REALLY sick of pacifists.

Also, there are a lot of nutjobs that are close to getting their hands on nukes. We have more to worry about now than we did in the closing stages of the cold war, and all through the 90's and early 2000's