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Department of Defense (“Dept. of War”)

Defense means defending the country. Not policing the planet.

Official story

What they claim to do

Deters war and protects the security of the United States.

Ground truth

What they actually do

Has failed every full financial audit since they began in 2018, unable to fully account for its assets. The war in Afghanistan cost more than $2 trillion by Brown University’s Costs of War estimate, and the U.S. still maintains hundreds of bases overseas.

The libertarian case

A strong defense means a country that’s hard to attack, not the world’s police force. Close the empire of bases, bring the troops home and spend what’s needed to defend the homeland. Foreign entanglements breed the blowback they claim to prevent.

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