i would disagree that it's strategically useless. we might overextend ourselves and pick poor battles, but such is life. we can easily "defeat" any fighting force on this planet. we cannot eradicate the planet of islamic militants through military force, the same way you can't eradicate any other ideology in this way. that says nothing about the efficacy of our military tbh.
let me ask you guys... does it really strike you as a coincidence that america became the most powerful and prosperous country on the planet precisely after ww1 and ww2 took out virtually every other european empire which had preceded us, with the exception of the soviets who then became our natural enemy? i really don't understand what is hard to get about the fact that imperialism renders some benefits onto the imperial nation.
also.. can you give me an example of a successful civilization that has existed without a military around to protect it?
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