The United States needs to change the mission of the US Military from world policemen to defense of the United States.
Since World War II the United States has maintained a Military capability to fight wars anywhere in the world. Why? The Defense Department should only be concerned with defending our country. We have no need to for thousands of troops in Europe, Korea, and Japan.
NATO was created to oppose the threat from the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union dissolved years ago. Why is NATO still around? They are there to stop an enemy that no longer exists. Why has NATO not been disbanded? We could save Billions annually by returning those troops home.
The US has maintained operations in Okinawa since the end of World War II. Why? Japan has the resources to defend itself and could do so without our military.
The US has maintained a force in Korea since the end of that war. Again, the South Koreans have the resources and resolve to defend themselves. US Troops are not needed there.
Redeploying the US military to defend our own borders would allow us to control the violence along our southern border, while scaling down the military and saving billions of dollars annually.
Also, a scaled down military would serve as a deterrent to a future president that may want to go on another war adventure in some country for oil, glory or political advantage.
Add to that the ending of US occupations in Iraq and Afghanistan. We can then pursue a policy of not interfering in the internal affairs of other countries. Think of how much attention we could then give to solving our problems here at home.
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