• TORFdot0@lemmy.world
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    16 hours ago

    The national guard is mobilized to address state emergencies and support the military abroad. Any state’s national guard is woefully inadequate to defend against foreign threats

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      13 hours ago

      A ton of Iraqi freedom was done by NoGo units…

      They were running all convoys, for example.

      That said, when you cut out the imperialism, and focus on defense, we’d only need like 10% of the current budget, nationally, anyways.