• Wheaties [she/her]@hexbear.net
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    1 year ago

    Dumb opinions about a heavily propagandize war an ocean away is one thing.

    But this? this is the kind of delusion that calls everything else you say into question

    • BurgerPunk [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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      1 year ago

      People aay the strangest things to justify our military spending.

      I remember once someone responded to the budget increase by saying that “they need to pay the troops, their was a raise for them in the budget.” Do they believe even 1 of those 800+ billions annually goes to paying da troops? A lot of military families are on SNAP, they pay them shit. You could give them a raise and still not scratch the defense budget

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      1 year ago

      It’s not an opinion that providing weapons is cheaper than providing soldiers. And it’s certainly not an opinion about the merits of being involved in the first place.

      Factually, if you’re going to be involved, weapons are cheaper than boots. That’s it. I don’t like being involved at all.

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        1 year ago

        The way how your comment was phrased, it look like you were saying the bulk of US military spending is on veteran care, which would be an absurd claim.