100% unironically me. the day will come when the world is engulfed in a world war again, and the us are *not* on our side. neither is china, russia or the other european states starting with germany and the uk. no one is. we need to be have credible deterence (and not just a one-city nuclear arsenal), credible means to enact deterence with submarines and the ability to sustain a long war against germany, like ukraine did. that's doable with 5% of gdp in the army, to be funded by slashing the administration and pensions.
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