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Originally Posted by Patrick
Why do we need military really. I dont see us being attacked anytime soon and the need to invade someone else isnt there either. On other news, we need military to bend to the US and helpthem when they attack other countries.
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To maintain our independence to a degree. Given that the Russians started buzzing us again with their long range strategic bombers and them claiming parts of the continental shelf (and resources) traditionally considered Canadian, we need something to deter the countries like that from walking all over us. The US has their own interests that may or may nor run parallel to ours and we can't always count on them.
Mind you, you do have a point about us getting drawn into too many of their conflicts.