Quote Originally Posted by Starter View Post
Yes, we spend a whole lot of money on "defense". Much of it not necessarily spent wisely. Lets see where we can save a lot of it.
1) Pull all troops, airplanes and ships out of the middle east including Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Turkey, UAE, etc. Stop military and economic support of Israel and Egypt.
2) Remove all military personnel and equipment in England, Germany and the rest of Europe to the same levels which those countries have in the USA.
3) Take all personnel and equipment out of sub Saharan Africa.
4) Reduce all personnel and equipment in Asia - Afghanistan, Korea, Japan, Nationalist China and Diego Garcia to the same levels those countries have in the USA.
5) Ditto for the "Stans", Philippines and Okinawa.

Wait five years, or less, for the world to "cook"

I can see my taxes getting smaller already. Glad you brought it up.
But is some of it beneficial to the US?

For instance, people said US led intervention in Iraq was mainly so the US would get the oil. But most of the oil has gone to European countries. This has reduced the EUs reliance on Russian fuel imports and reduces Russian power. Surely a good thing for the US?

But the US tax payer is essentially subsidising the Japanese tax payer when it comes to their military. They only spend 1% of GDP on defence because they know the US would step in if either North Korea or China got a bit frisky.