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Originally Posted by AGDee
Was Pearl Harbor more than 200 years ago? Time flies? And the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon? Cuban Missile Crisis? Iran hostage crisis? War of 1812? (lasted longer than just that year and was still going 200 years ago).
Is it about protecting borders or protecting citizens? "Provide for the common defense" are the words I recall.
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And every single one of those (besides 1812) was a result of having an army that was too big where it didn't belong.
Actually, 1812 was a result of that as well. The federal government attempting to monopolize force on others.
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