It's clear that the United States has more to give the world than military bases.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The United States has far more to offer the world than our bombs and missiles and our military technology.
I think most Americans believe that although it's better not to use military force if you can avoid it, that the world simply doesn't provide us the luxury of giving away military force as an important tool of foreign policy.
Except for naval and air exercises, our military should be stationed on American soil, where service men and women can lead normal lives in close proximity to family and friends.
Our concept is not that America should operate alone or by itself in world affairs or in military affairs.
As proud and capable as it is, I think the idea that the military can build new countries is a tall order, and it's the sort of thing that we would only expect from a military that we have superresourced and thought of as supercapable.
We're quickly moving to the point where we will have no military bases in the Northeast, and this undermines support for the military. We are a nation of citizen soldiers.
The reality is, the United States has global interests. Our defense budget is about the same as the defense budgets or military budgets of every other country in the world put together.
The world relies upon, and America must rely upon, a strong military.
The U.S. is just in a class by itself in military expenses. It basically matches the rest of the world, and it's far more advanced.
I always ask two questions: How many countries have military bases in the United States? And in how many countries does the United States not have military bases?