On Wednesday, November 13, 2019 at 6:09:44 AM UTC-5, Jeßus wrote:
> On Tue, 12 Nov 2019 12:45:46 -0800 (PST), A Moose in Love
> > wrote:
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> >Veterans think they serve the people. They would if they defended the borders. All too often they go to foreign countries and kill and burn people there in order to bring them freedom.
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> " bring them freedom' being an euphemism for either stealing their
> strategic location or their resources. Or both.

The term 'bringing them democracy' is also used.
Having said that, I have to ask on whether or not the US military should be in foreign lands. There might be a very good reason for that. The US may not want the presence of China or Russia in those countries. I agree with that(if that is the case); I'd rather the US be the top superpower than other countries.