hedge@beehaw.org to Politics@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year agoThe Pentagon doesn’t need $886bn. I oppose this bloated defense budget | Bernie Sanderswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square62fedilinkarrow-up1366arrow-down10cross-posted to: politics@kbin.social
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minus-squarefuzzywolf23@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agoThe existence of those bases means we can negotiate with soft power where instead we might need to make a show of force. Intimidation, aka diplomacy, is superior to actual fights.
minus-squaremtset@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoWe wouldn’t need to intimidate people if we weren’t all up in the business of other random countries, constantly inciting coups, etc.
minus-squarefuzzywolf23@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_navigation International shipping: just one of the freedoms protected by the modern us armed forces
The existence of those bases means we can negotiate with soft power where instead we might need to make a show of force. Intimidation, aka diplomacy, is superior to actual fights.
We wouldn’t need to intimidate people if we weren’t all up in the business of other random countries, constantly inciting coups, etc.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_navigation
International shipping: just one of the freedoms protected by the modern us armed forces