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bigfondue@lemmy.world 5 days agoThis is the exact reason the Continental Army was disbanded after the revolution, to prevent this from happening.
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 4 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.