Thursday, August 21, 2008
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TruCoz : Your Platform for Political Sound-Off
- TruCoz
- Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
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While the United States may have the most "elite" military in the world, it may not be necessarily free to attack who it wishes, and win. No one would doubt that the US, with its superior technology, lavishly equiped military and 'blow up now, ask questions later' attitude, would win in any 1 on 1 battle; however, would it stand up to a battle against 30 nations? Would its "friends" come to their aid?
The US may have a highly advanced military, but it is still small in numbers when compared to the militaries of other countries such as China or Russia. If the US was to extend its army across multiple "threats" (i.e. N. Korea, the Middle East, Taiwan, Georgia) it may find itself a few men short. And the rest of the world may not be as willing to lend a hand as it may think.
The United States and its people have an overwhelmingly cocky attitude regarding its ability to take on whoever may get in its way. Maybe its time for the US to take a lesson from the parents it emancipated itself from some 200 years ago. It is no secret that the countries of Western Europe have grown, understanably, tired of war; quite unlike their young and still relatively inexperienced neighbors across the pond. Will they be as easily persuaded to assist the next time the US war machine goes on the move?
If the US would stop its "policing" of the rest of the world and its "we're better than everyone" look on the world, it may find less enemies. With less of a need for a large military, the US could spend their large military budget on projects to help the world's economy, instead of destroying it.
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