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Originally Posted by Sheba
- Do you really think Americans want to spend taxpayer money to guard the Asia Pacific if they had the option to lighten the load on their navy?
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Implying America would ever spend less money on its military.
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Originally Posted by Sheba
With assholes like Putin and Xi Ping, asking nicely is no more an option. Seeing how far Putin was willing to go, maybe rebuild armies to show them that you are not going to bend the knee to their whims is not a bad option. We have conceded far too much and those guys were allowed to do as they please too much.
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If they aren't deterred by America or the EU, they sure as hell won't be deterred by Japan even if it armies up.