The United States Military is a Necessity The United States by far has the largest military force in the world. According to the Pentagons most recent publicized count, the United States Military currently occupies 686 bases outside Washington D.C. and the fifty states (Merelli). The United States Armed Forces are vital to the prosperity of the country. Both spending and over seas involvement in this organization should be not be revoked or reduced. Many might argue that the United States biggest threat is the debt. They believe that we need to cut military spending in order to reduce the countries overall debt. Countless others will argue that soldiers should be withdrawn from the Middle East. They believe that the involvement of the United
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It is unnecessary to offer arguments in recommendation of a measure, on which the honor, safety and well-being of our Country so evidently and so essentially depend: But it may not be amiss to observe that I am particularly anxious, it should receive as early attention as circumstances will admit; because it is now in our power to avail ourselves of the military knowledge disseminated throughout the several States, by means of the many well instructed Officers and Soldiers of the late Army; a resource which is daily diminishing by deaths and other causes. To suffer this peculiar advantage to pass away unimproved, would be to neglect an opportunity which will never again occur, unless, unfortunately, we should again be involved in a long and arduous war. …show more content…
Just last week, North Korea revealed their nuclear power to the world. If they wanted too, they could send nuclear missiles to the pacific coast, striking United States territory (Rademaker). This is a the time that the United States need military funding and overseas involvement the most. Though North Korea has been a nuclear threat for over twenty five years, North Korea wasn’t able to prove that these were legitimate threat (Rademaker). The United States has many options for this, but all will require increased funds and overseas involvement. If other countries are able to help, funding and overseas involvement will be lessoned, but still existent. We have other, expensive alternatives that will heavily involve military action and may be controversial to some. As an alternative, the United States should be prepared to return its own tactical nuclear weapons to the Korean Peninsula. The withdrawal of those weapons was announced by President George H.W. Bush in 1991 as North and South Korea were finalizing an agreement to denuclearize the peninsula. North Korea has never respected that agreement, so we need not defer to it, either.
It is unnecessary to offer arguments in recommendation of a measure, on which the honor, safety and well-being of our Country so evidently and so essentially depend: But it may not be amiss to observe that I am particularly anxious, it should receive as early attention as circumstances will admit; because it is now in our power to avail ourselves of the military knowledge disseminated throughout the several States, by means of the many well instructed Officers and Soldiers of the late Army; a resource which is daily diminishing by deaths and other causes. To suffer this peculiar advantage to pass away unimproved, would be to neglect an opportunity which will never again occur, unless, unfortunately, we should again be involved in a long and arduous war. …show more content…
Just last week, North Korea revealed their nuclear power to the world. If they wanted too, they could send nuclear missiles to the pacific coast, striking United States territory (Rademaker). This is a the time that the United States need military funding and overseas involvement the most. Though North Korea has been a nuclear threat for over twenty five years, North Korea wasn’t able to prove that these were legitimate threat (Rademaker). The United States has many options for this, but all will require increased funds and overseas involvement. If other countries are able to help, funding and overseas involvement will be lessoned, but still existent. We have other, expensive alternatives that will heavily involve military action and may be controversial to some. As an alternative, the United States should be prepared to return its own tactical nuclear weapons to the Korean Peninsula. The withdrawal of those weapons was announced by President George H.W. Bush in 1991 as North and South Korea were finalizing an agreement to denuclearize the peninsula. North Korea has never respected that agreement, so we need not defer to it, either.