Aussies too fat to fight

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Noone wants a desert. The only people who'd want to invade Aus. might be the Chinese. But they already have uranium.

[Ban Hammer 13,641]

Totally agree, but if I was one of the millions of homeless Americans, I would not be too interested in the protection of troops from foreign invaders.

those troops also help enforce treaties, some of which australia is a part of.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANZUS_Treaty

[Heracles 417]

those troops also help enforce treaties, some of which australia is a part of.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANZUS_Treaty

Why do you guys assume cutting back the military or having a reasonable sized yet well equipped military means the same as entirely getting rid of it?

Saving a trillion a year and pumping that into America, which desperately needs it, still leaves a good $300 billion a year for the military. I just don't buy staying poor while the military eats caviar. Or cutting back from state schools and police, while the military expands. Which begs the question, what are you guys protecting? Certainly cannot be rusted out middle America.

Edited June 17, 2010 by Booyah!

[SMOKE 1,426]

The question is who? This is 2010, excluding NK or Iran, most other countries are trying to improve their country. Heck, even Russia learned from this huge mistake the Soviet Union made. You realize if they had not wasted all of their money on their military, the Soviet Union would probably be wealthier as a country than the US now.

It's truly interesting how so many people in middle America still think America is the envy of the world and many are out to get the country.

i personally don't care if the world envies the US or not. but, not many countries would have the stones to try & invade the US. hell the philippines has 113,000 troops.

[Ban Hammer 13,641]

i personally don't care if the world envies the US or not. but, not many countries would have the stones to try & invade the US. hell the philippines has 113,000 troops.

given that, can we say australia has a 3rd world military?

[SMOKE 1,426]

given that, can we say australia has a 3rd world military?

i didn't mean it like that. but, thats why i'm asking if they have nukes. there are a lot of poor countries fairly close & w/ only 40k or so troops......not good.

Edited June 17, 2010 by SMOKE

[Heracles 417]

i personally don't care if the world envies the US or not. but, not many countries would have the stones to try & invade the US. hell the philippines has 113,000 troops.

Don't doubt it. The question again is, military aside, who would want to invade the US?

[Ban Hammer 13,641]

i didn't mean it like that. but, thats why i'm asking if they have nukes. there are a lot of poor countries fairly close & w/ only 40k or so troops......not good.

maybe they'll mount kangaroo warheads on rockets.

[Heracles 417]

given that, can we say australia has a 3rd world military?

Troop numbers are irrelevant in modern wars, it's all about technology. Australia has the 14th largest military expenditure in the world and could easily ramp it up, sinc eit only runs at 1.8% of their GDP.

But that is not the point. Like most, they are simply not interested in wasting their money on the military. You guys get a kick out of personally buying guns, most other don't. So no doubt about it, you would have more guns and better guns. This is the same sort of comparison. It's why so many of you simply don't understand the concept of others doing better.In your eyes, a better city or better quality of life is not important, gun ownership is.

[SMOKE 1,426]

Don't doubt it. The question again is, military aside, who would want to invade the US?

nobody in their right mind given the size of & technology our military. then they'd have to deal w/ a heavily armed population. but, australia is rich in resources & has a very small armed force in comapision to its land mass. its not much of a deterrent for a semi miltary power.

[natty bumppo 297]

maybe they'll mount kangaroo warheads on rockets.

or ... maybe they can have an armada of "kangaroo class" pocket battleships ...

[Ban Hammer 13,641]

Troop numbers are irrelevant in modern wars, it's all about technology. Australia has the 14th largest military expenditure in the world and could easily ramp it up, sinc eit only runs at 1.8% of their GDP.

But that is not the point. Like most, they are simply not interested in wasting their money on the military. You guys get a kick out of personally buying guns, most other don't. So no doubt about it, you would have more guns and better guns. This is the same sort of comparison. It's why so many of you simply don't understand the concept of others doing better.In your eyes, a better city or better quality of life is not important, gun ownership is.

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[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

I thought they had a cavalry troop of roo riders.

[HappyKnappy 30]

Wait 'til the illegal aliens in Mexico find out about this... You got to run until you leave the fatasses behind

So Booyah! I take it you are not tubby, how about your teeth?

[Heracles 417]

nobody in their right mind given the size of & technology our military. then they'd have to deal w/ a heavily armed population. but, australia is rich in resources & has a very small armed force in comapision to its land mass. its not much of a deterrent for a semi miltary power.

Take that away and assume the US had Fiji's military, who would want to spend waste their money attacking and what would they take over? You think China would attack? You owe them too much money and they hold too much of the US's money in cash.

Right-wingers prefer Americans stay poor, not receive a dime, live in trailers etc than the money be cut from the military and invested on America. That is your choice but it has come at huge cost - a large number of Americans in poverty and the country looking like #######.

For me Australia is spending too much on troops. The money could be spent on other things in the country.

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Pleeeeease without technology you guys get your azz kicked. Hello Vietnam.

Edited June 17, 2010 by Booyah!