On the other hand calling it "Department of Defense" seems quite whitewashing of what it actually does.
replyIt spends the defence budget...
replyWhich is used primarily for offense anyway
replyI'm pretty sure the amount the money spent on offensive actions is significantly less than the defense
replyWhen was America last invaded by a foreign adversary?
replyThis resembles anti-vax logic. We haven’t been invaded because our military maintains a strong deterrence and strategic depth.
replyYeah, otherwise the USA would have been invaded by Cuba, Iraq, Vietnam, Syria, Afghanistan, Yemen and a hundred more, and they all would have a fight over who can have it. Thank god the US defended themselves against those terrible guys. Especially the WMDs were quite the close call, the Iraqis were minutes away from nuking the land of the mart.
reply> otherwise the USA would have been invaded
replyYes, invading Hawaii was part of imperial Japanese planning. If you don’t understand that defense spending is still worthwhile even if you don’t blow anything up with it, I’m not sure how we connect.
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replyMaybe.
replyI was just saying that the purpose of the Department of Defence is to spend the "defence budget".