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    8 months ago

    We don’t live right next to the US

    Neither does iraq

    So what would that be, spend very little on defence and rely on just a volunteer army?

    If someone doesn’t want to volunteer for you out of their own choice you are probably evil

    Pretty unfortunate if reliance on just that ends up with me being an even worse sort of slave, this time to Russian masters.

    Your assumption is that being forced to fight by a corrupted government somehow makes you a stronger fighter and that not being limited by anyone somehow makes you automatically lose. This is absolutely true for politicians because the moment nobody fights for them their rule is over.

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      8 months ago

      Neither does iraq

      Too bad that was the only argument for why Russia is the one that’s a bit more likely to attack us. You got me there, USA is the one that we definitely should be talking about.’

      If someone doesn’t want to volunteer for you out of their own choice you are probably evil

      I think that makes everyone evil, which does level the playing field I suppose.

      Your assumption is that being forced to fight by a corrupted government somehow makes you a stronger fighter and that not being limited by anyone somehow makes you automatically lose.

      No, that’s not my assumption at all. The whole discussion is about country level capabilities, not their strength of will or so such thing.