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comment by Fallexe
Fallexe  ·  3206 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The US Army to cut 40,000 soldiers and 17,000 civilians over 2 years

I'm really hopeful that disarmament will result in some sort of international task force. Unfortunately it seems like the reaction to USA's military reductions is increased investment in national militaries by US allies in regions with instability (saudi arabia, phillipines, japan, and eastern Europe come to mind). The US military has been used to do a lot of harm, but I wish we were replacing US disarmament with something better rather than just creating a hole for other nations to fill.