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elise  ·  3184 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The US Army to cut 40,000 soldiers and 17,000 civilians over 2 years

Not only is it constant war, but it's a consumer war. Here in America, we are force fed this "Defend Freedom" rhetoric, while ignoring the people who live on this land who are in desperate need of some Freedom.

Americans need to free themselves from the complex that has kept us invested in conflicts across the globe. I know we see ourselves as the "global-police", but it's time to take our priorities back to our people.

I support the troops who do "defend our freedom", but I'll be fucked if going to war again means we are denied basic human rights here at home because we don't have the money.