Would the world be a better place if America lost it's military might.

Ideally, countries should be left to deal with their own affairs on their own, america should only take action if its national security is under direct threat from other countries. Surely, this can't be too hard to accomplish.

Furthermore, just imagine the amount of money they'd save.

There will always be nutcases around the world, you can't just take them all out.

How does this sound? The US stops building stuff in direct proportion to increased military spending in allies. Spread the power among NATO without taxes or gifts or massive power vaccuums.

Originally posted by generalissimo
Ideally, countries should be left to deal with their own affairs on their own, america should only take action if its national security is under direct threat from other countries. Surely, this can't be too hard to accomplish.

Furthermore, just imagine the amount of money they'd save.

There will always be nutcases around the world, you can't just take them all out.

Originally posted by avalanchethecat
Oh come on! Who out there is crazy enough to pick a fight with the Scots on their own turf?

sometime this century, to become oil-less Vikings!

Originally posted by avalanchethecat
Oh come on! Who out there is crazy enough to pick a fight with the Scots on their own turf?

Originally posted by AThousandYoung
We're in a massive alliance that requires our power projection for it's own defense to avoid a Maginot Line sort of situation.

Answer: No. Add to the list of entities that are "too big to fail"---
1. The United States of America.

Originally posted by generalissimo
Ideally, countries should be left to deal with their own affairs on their own, america should only take action if its national security is under direct threat from other countries. Surely, this can't be too hard to accomplish.

Furthermore, just imagine the amount of money they'd save.

There will always be nutcases around the world, you can't just take them all out.