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It is 100% obvious that amounts spent on the military in the U.S. today are insufficient and will have to go much, MUCH higher than they are today. Probably 5x higher - to the Cold War 10-12% levels - because of standoff with China and Russia at same time.

It will still not be enough to win over China, but at least enough to keep the free world in existence. Otherwise democracy will be just simply gone from the world altogether in one generation.




I encourage you to rethink this stance.

https://worldbeyondwar.org/ - is an organization dedicated to the abolition of war. I encourage you and anyone reading this to take a look.

Also take a look at possible alternatives. (A global security system that doesn't require violence) - there's an ebook discussing this system in full.

https://worldbeyondwar.org/alternative/

Continuing to head in the direction of militarism, will continue the disaster of a world that we live in, and almost certainly guarantee the end of mankind.


Posts about permanently ending war are basically spam


Says the guy commenting with no explanation or reference.

Stick to watching fox news.


A reference for why war can’t be stopped? Lol. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History




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