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Originally Posted by Olympiadis
Even with a best case scenario, a weakened economy leaves us more vulnerable to aggression around the world (think militarily), and that is unlikely to be good for anyone. Europeans remember the lessons of WWII better than we do.
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The last time the United States was under threat of invasion, our navy comprised wooden sailing ships. We are under NO threat of foreign invasion, and it doesn't take a military genius to figure out that if we were under threat of foreign invasion, the last place we'd want half of our armed forces is on the other side of the globe.