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In reply to the discussion: Texas Could Vote to Secede From U.S. in 2023 as GOP Pushes for Referendum [View all]ancianita
(35,812 posts)strategic location standards. Texas would remove a big body of water from the southern border, and that means something when it comes to aeronautics, space platform, missile and naval stuff.
Budget bloat obscures all black ops of military intelligence, which extends around the world; it budgets new bases in Burkina Faso and other Africom bases; it handles special ops in tandem with Israel and other allies; it handles preventive maintenance against nuclear dirty bomb and military weapons sales, terrorist groups, etc.
'Bloat' sounds more like a good political talking point, but when one really examines what it takes to be the biggest military on the planet, and protect communications and general assets of the 3rd largest country on the planet, alot of it being cyber, bloat will usually take a back seat when our existence can be threatened by so many countries.