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re: Would the US military still dominate if every country spent the same amount on defense?
Posted on 9/30/26 at 7:39 pm to drjett
Posted on 9/30/26 at 7:39 pm to drjett
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aTm, a quasi military school ironically, has proven with its football program that spending doesn’t necessarily equate to success.
They don’t have 2 oceans protecting them. Plus they don’t have girl cheerleaders…
Posted on 9/30/26 at 8:36 pm to weagle1999
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Every country spends as much as we do, or we spend as little as they do.
It’s not apples to apples when talking about military spending.
Nearly every adversary’s R&D is handled within their own DOD. So they control the price point.
Posted on 9/30/26 at 8:37 pm to weagle1999
Depends on if it's a home game or a road game.
Posted on 9/30/26 at 8:37 pm to weagle1999
The United States has more going for it than just its military spending. There is no other country on the planet with the built in geographical advantages that we have:
Posted on 9/30/26 at 8:39 pm to weagle1999
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One of my thoughts. I read an article once that posited that much of our power comes from our geography (to include internal mountain ranges as barriers).
You can apply that to literally every country in history
Our geography is very much a part of what makes us a superpower.
Posted on 9/30/26 at 8:57 pm to weagle1999
We don’t have soft power like we used to… or the allies
This post was edited on 9/30/26 at 9:00 pm
Posted on 9/30/26 at 10:36 pm to chalmetteowl
No we don’t have the ground forces needed and using nukes is out of the question.
Posted on 9/30/26 at 10:41 pm to LegendInMyMind
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When push comes to shove our best defense is the Atlantic and the Pacific. That doesn't change no matter the amount of funding. Geography is hard to beat.
This, combined with countries to the north and south that, while sometimes defiant and disparaging, know deep down that maintaining the status quo is in their best interest.
This post was edited on 9/30/26 at 10:42 pm
Posted on 9/30/26 at 11:27 pm to weagle1999
I spent 20 years in the military.
If we decided to take on the rest of the world, with no moral restrictions, the United States would be the only country left standing on the planet.
And the "conflict" would be over in 72 hours.
If we decided to take on the rest of the world, with no moral restrictions, the United States would be the only country left standing on the planet.
And the "conflict" would be over in 72 hours.
This post was edited on 9/30/26 at 11:28 pm
Posted on 9/30/26 at 11:38 pm to LegendInMyMind
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When push comes to shove our best defense is the Atlantic and the Pacific. That doesn't change no matter the amount of funding. Geography is hard to beat.
Posted on 10/1/26 at 12:55 am to The Boat
quote:This isn't really true, and to the extent it is true, it's only because of political influence. Protests and weak politicians have made things difficult. The ROE that our soldiers are expected to follow are a joke. We've been severely neutered on the battle field for 40 years.
Outside of Desert Storm we haven't dominated too much since the Chinese crossed the Yalu River on October 19, 1950.
If you stripped it down to "military vs. military" there isn't a country on earth who is remotely close to the US Military. We stole the president of Venezuela in two hours and had zero KIA.
Posted on 10/1/26 at 1:21 am to The Boat
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Outside of Desert Storm we haven't dominated too much since the Chinese crossed the Yalu River on October 19, 1950
Name 1 conflict (I’ll give you Nam) that didn’t have highly restrictive rules of engagement that put our military at a disadvantage since Korea.
If the US Military would ever be allowed to bring the entirety of its forces to fight without politically motivated restraint, there would be no one nation that could withstand it.
That being said, spending is one thing. Being able to sustain is another. When need be, the US Military is backed by the largest economic machine the world has ever seen with the natural resources to adapt to any conflict.
There’s a reason other countries don’t spend like we do on defense: they don’t have to because the US Military is the defacto police force of the whole world at this point.
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