Comment on More people are joining the military. A shaky US job market could be boosting the numbers.
meme_historian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 days ago
🌍: “Soo America, why did you start that war?” 🇺🇲: “idk man…I suddenly had all these guys sitting around and it kinda started getting a bit expensive 🤷♂️,”
bigfondue@lemmy.world 5 days ago
This is the exact reason the Continental Army was disbanded after the revolution, to prevent this from happening.
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 5 days ago
The US constitution implies we’re not meant to have a peacetime army. It gives congress powers to “raise” an army and “raise and maintain” a navy.