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US deploys second aircraft carrier as Israeli ground invasion of Gaza nears
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 15 Oct 2023
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Why does the U.S. military think they need to get involved in every conflict in the world?
$$$$$$
How are the defense contractors, and politicians going to get PAID if we aren’t constantly at war somewhere.
You don't maintain the trillion dollar funding of a war machine by avoiding conflict now do you? That would be silly...
Israel is a US client state - and it's obvious to the US that Israel is not as capable of dealing with the situation as they had hoped.
That tends to happen when you displace a bunch of people from where they live and say this is mine now.
Because it's presumably cheaper to park an aircraft carrier in the area than to take the economic impact at home that an escalation would lead to (due to rising oil prices etc.)
It's not cheaper for the country, but it is more profitable to the private military contractors
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Also money. And don't forget to mention money.
Tell me where do you think the middle East would be if Russia or China or any other nation was simply allowed to operate in that region with zero consequences? Ignoring Russia and China, how about letting those countries develop nuclear weapons with zero concern of backlash? You think the things that happen over there will never effect Western nations if simply ignored. You think diplomatic pressure has any effect if there is not some potential for military action.
Not American myself but I do realize that sometimes the world needs policing. Failing to act is much the way WWI and WWII began. In this day and with the weapons we now possess, we can never afford to have those kinds of conflicts again. I don't live in a fantasy world.
Actually, it's kind of the opposite, at least for WWII, the reparations Germany had to pay, and all the restrictions and other crap the rest of the world made them do after WWI is a direct cause of WWII.
To be sure. But it was the inaction allowing Germany to arm then invade country after country before they decided to get involved.
It is silly to think leaving a vacuums will not be filled and nearly every other option is worse. The US is not a perfect democracy but I certainly prefer them over Russia or China.