• weeeeum@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    You also have to admit that the US covers for most of the worlds military. Most of nato and many Asian allies have very low defense spending, because the US will cover them. Most of the time when there is a global crisis or localized crisis the US is involved in one way or another.

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      11 months ago

      They should pay us for this service.

      “Hey France, are you subscribed to the American security apparatus?”

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        11 months ago

        I was shooting heroin and reading “The Fountainhead” in the pilothouse of my privately owned aircraft carrier when a call came in. I put a quarter in the radio to activate it. It was France. “Hey France, are you subscribed to the American security apparatus?”