So we wasted 6 trillion on Iraq and Afghanistan and the solution is more money on Military?

[MattP]

Like we need revenue so cut taxes this Republican logic is messed up

[uponit7771]

1. This time the money is to fight NATO not for oil

[DavidDvorkin]

2. According to Republicans, the military is the one area where throwing more money at it is always

the solution.

[gopiscrap]

3. Tragic irony

[BSdetect]

4. Military spending keeps the rapacious capitalists rich

Recommended reading

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/feb/26/robert-mercer-breitbart-war-on-media-steve-bannon-donald-trump-nigel-farage?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

[Wounded Bear]

5. The big lie, of course, is that we didn't "win"....

We won the military part of the wars, kind of easily actually. No disrespect to the actual combat soldiers who did the real fighting, but the overall campaign (especially Iraq) was a cake walk compared to past wars.

We lost the POLITICAL battle after the fighting part of the war was over. We lost the peace, not the actual war. And that was don by Neo-con Republicans who "knew more than the generals" about how to conduct such operations.

Gonna be a bumpy ride. I live in the major US city closest to North Korea. I just love it when Trump taunts Kim Jong Un.

I suppose any Boeing contracts will help the local economy, but the immigration and trade bullshit will nullify that, I'm sure.

[Mendocino]

10. +1 After defeating fascists

we are now "led" by them.

[Turbineguy]

6. So, we are left to wonder....

is this just more trumpery? Bullshit, empty promises, fake policies?

[unblock]

7. we have to shore up our defenses in case north korea invades by land.

i suggest a wall around the entire country.

yes, including alaska and hawaii.

and a moat.

stocked with the former denizens from the drained swamp.

[RexCasual]

8. This is. . .

the high price America will pay (and continue to pay) so that Donald Trump can prove to the World that he's a tough guy. Sigh

[Javaman]

9. it will-be/is our ultimate undoing nt

[Sunlei]

11. more Federal & State trillions to 'for profit' contractors. Because Americans don't need that money?

[Vinca]

12. The Republicans exist on a culture of fear. Keep the dimwits scared to death by the thought of ISIS

invading the local pizzeria. The truth of the matter is we are at far greater danger from the gun-crazed lunatics roaming the streets ready to shoot anyone they deem to be unlawfully in the United States. Spend all that money taking millions of guns off our streets not expanding an already bloated military.