re: #166 jamesfirecat

I’ve got an idea, lets do the Japan thing where we downsize our army to the point that it’s only large enough to be used defensively!

How’s that for a spending cut?

Erm, like so many of our allies, since WWII Japan relies on us for the heavy lifting of their defense. Notice how we had to get involved in Bosnia because the Europeans couldn’t put out a brushfire in their own front yard. No, isolationism is not an option for us, and hasn’t been since the 1930s.