Comments by "buddermonger2000" (@buddermonger2000) on "Americas Defense Budget Is Too Small" video.

I agree with the idea that the people who cry for more spending on social services and the like tend to talk overlook what the US military actually brings in as benefits as they've just grown up in that environment and it's why they are in favor of things like disarmament not realizing that the US foots the bill on global security. They look at places like Costa Rica and say "Look they don't have a military!" and then completely lack the context that America literally has given Them a security guarantee and that it's effectively a modern American colony because so many Americans go there for things like retirement and pleasure. It's also really difficult to get capabilities back once you lose them. So any sort of disarmament would be basically permanent as you can't just buy back a military from scratch. It must be built over years or even decades with continued investment or capabilities simply can't be sustained. A tank factory can't be built overnight, and neither can the electronics or sensor suite, which gives you the capability to use them effectively. More relevant is this: industry cannot be turned on and off, and thus, you need to have the relevant stockpiles and surge capacity to survive until industry can finally accommodate. Without that you simply lose before you had the opportunity to really fight unless you manage massive lend lease from others who did stockpile.
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