Originally Posted by Rochard

We need to send a message that says "if you fuck with the United States, we will destroy you". Or better yet, fuck with the United States and we will occupy your country until the end of time.

Take Afghanistan as an example. They took part in - or at least helped - the attack against the United States on 9/11. We went in, kicked ass, removed their government, installed a new government, we are hoping for the best, while trying to leave as quickly as we can. This is wrong, and it sends the wrong message. We should be sending more troops - a lot more. Build two huge training bases, one each side of the country. Have a problem in a certain area? Fine - send in ten thousand troops and have them build an outpost until we figure out who is attacking us and then destroy them. This would give us massive military bases right in all of the areas we need to be in - Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Turkey, Irag, Syhria, Israel, Ukraine.... What that you say? There is a problem in Ukraine and we need to send in troops? No problem. We can send in an two airborne division that are stationed in Afghanistan.

Do you see my point? This sends a message. It says "don't fuck with us". It sends a message to others too, such as Russia and China.

Our military is taxed? LOL. No it isn't. Our military expands and contracts as needed. Right now we have just over a million men under arms. During Vietnam we had four million in uniform. During WWII we had 12 million.

It would surely cost us a lot though. But that's fine. Our economy is booming, right? The government should be swimming in money, right? Sure sure.

Or maybe I should just take a xanax.