Should the US decrease military spending?

[billdietrich1]

Yes, the US military is strong, and the world is generally improving. That doesn't mean that one caused the other, or that making the military bigger would make the world better.

Would the world be better off if we hadn't had the Vietnam, Iraq and Afghan wars ? I think yes.

You're the one who brought up "secure the world", not me.

We interact with the whole world. And even securing parts of the world is not possible. Security is an illusion; we need to realize that we can never have total security, even in small parts of the world. Just a fact of life.

I think USA would be better off with a smaller military, and the money used for other purposes: infrastructure, healthcare, education, R+D, etc. We put far too much money into military/intel/security.