What's the purpose of a multi-trillion dollar military when we can be gunned down

[Yavin4]

by our fellow Americans on a frequent basis. If a foreign power or any other "foreign" group were mass killing Americans, we would mobilize troops, spend whatever amount, strip constitutional protections, go on red alert every day, you name it. Somehow, because its Americans, it almost our patriotic duty to do absolutely nothing, except for offering thoughts and prayers.

So, what is it that our military is protecting us from exactly? North Koreans? Really?

[superpatriotman]

1. And which enemy dare attack the most armed violent people on Earth?

[onecaliberal]

2. VERY GOOD point.

[democratisphere]

3. It's not about the Military proper!

It's about the Military Industrial Complex!

The enemy is the redumbliCON boogieman.

The real enemy is on the internet and in our voting booth.

[G_j]

4. The largest military in history

and we’re not safe

[Cicada]

5. To flood defense contractors with profit

We spend more than the others combined, we have 800 foreign military bases. I think Russia or China has one or two foreign military bases. We need to outnumber them 400 to one to be profitable, I mean safe.

[lpbk2713]

6. Aren't they all supposed to protect us from all enemies foreign and DOMESTIC.

[Corvo Bianco]

7. I don't feel protected from a violent death, discrimination or poverty.

This country kinda blows (don't tell the dictator I said that).

[sinkingfeeling]

8. About the same as a $25 billion wall on our southern border.

[lpbk2713]

12. That wall will be a monument to hate and stupidity.

And every politician who voted for it or approved of it in any way
should have their name printed on it every hundred feet or so.

[hatrack]

9. We've become a corpse in armor

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[X_Digger]

10. I don't know about you, but I'd rather not have our military as police. Posse Comitatus? Whoda what?

n/t

[logosoco]

13. Nor do we need the police to become more like the military.

But it comes down to the dollars. If we are going into debt as we always do with the military budget, let's go into debt for things that would be more worthwhile. Better education, jobs programs for the young folks who aren't able to find much to do outside of retail or fast food and feel disillusioned, better mental health centers and health centers in general. People need REAL care, not a bunch of weapons and a diet of fearing others(selling off the land is another thing that is not good for America, but that's another subject).

We spend gobs of money on a military and it's like no one is really paying attention to what it is protecting anymore.

[Yavin4]

14. My point is we're spending money defending the wrong thing

It's not foreign armies that are killing us. It's the guns, lack of healthcare, poor education, etc.

[politicaljunkie41910]

11. Apparently they're protecting our right to keep and bear arms, no matter how unstable we might be,

and how much firepower we want to own. No sorry; that's the NRA's job.