Craftsman

You are right there.. But the point here is maybe to prepare for a war, have enough military strengt to stop advesaries to attack you.. Even the romans was orginaly werry carefull with their military forces.. Until they could have the riches of South Italy they was carefully with the military might, and often resolved disputes in diplomatis termes.. Most of the orginal "latin city states" was coming into the fold, not by military might from Rome. But rather from diplomatic means, where tha city states was given many rights, inncludet the right to have citysienship as Romans itself.. A right who most City states, and also when the roman empire expanded to most "known parts of the world" was given as a gift to persons who the romans was beliving have had the right to have it.. In the end all free men was given that right, but that was most for taxing purposes, and not becouse the roman emperors just was into the idea of giving all free men the same right as peopole who was born in Rome, of Roman ancestery..

To have some military might is the best way to end most wars.. But compared to the rest of the world, US is an gigant, and is using a horrible ammount of money compared to the next 20 nations in the world.. And even after world war two, the US have been involved directly, or inderectly in so many wars, where your treassary have been wasted in wars US for the most part had no interst in going into.. That be Vietnam in the 1960s or Iraq in 2003..

Diclotican