Guess Who Has The Most Powerful Military Force In The World

[Campbell]

Active Military...1,369,532

As of 2014 the army of the United States of America is one of the strongest armies in the world, if not the strongest – and that comes down to money. The yearly budget that the United States of America government has allocated to their army is more than six hundred and twelve BILLION dollars. Yes, you read that right: more than six hundred and twelve billion dollars. It is hard to match the global firepower of a country that spends that much on an army! This is probably because, despite not having a single battle on their own soil for tens if not hundreds of years, American troops are currently deployed in nearly one hundred and fifty countries.

Just curious......how would you feel if every time you went to do your grocery shopping there were troops there from a foreign country.....often armed. It seems that somewhere along the way Dwight D. Eisenhower's warning about a military/industrial complex got lost in the fray:

 

[Delta4Embassy]

Active Military...1,369,532

As of 2014 the army of the United States of America is one of the strongest armies in the world, if not the strongest – and that comes down to money. The yearly budget that the United States of America government has allocated to their army is more than six hundred and twelve BILLION dollars. Yes, you read that right: more than six hundred and twelve billion dollars. It is hard to match the global firepower of a country that spends that much on an army! This is probably because, despite not having a single battle on their own soil for tens if not hundreds of years, American troops are currently deployed in nearly one hundred and fifty countries.

Just curious......how would you feel if every time you went to do your grocery shopping there were troops there from a foreign country.....often armed. It seems that somewhere along the way Dwight D. Eisenhower's warning about a military/industrial complex got lost in the fray:

Number of soldiers doesn't equal power. Didn't you see "300?"

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Active Military...1,369,532

As of 2014 the army of the United States of America is one of the strongest armies in the world, if not the strongest – and that comes down to money. The yearly budget that the United States of America government has allocated to their army is more than six hundred and twelve BILLION dollars. Yes, you read that right: more than six hundred and twelve billion dollars. It is hard to match the global firepower of a country that spends that much on an army! This is probably because, despite not having a single battle on their own soil for tens if not hundreds of years, American troops are currently deployed in nearly one hundred and fifty countries.

Just curious......how would you feel if every time you went to do your grocery shopping there were troops there from a foreign country.....often armed. It seems that somewhere along the way Dwight D. Eisenhower's warning about a military/industrial complex got lost in the fray:

Have you been to Grand Central Station in NYC?

 

[Delta4Embassy]

Currently Russia has the most powerful. Conqueored Georgia and Ukraine unopposed. That's real military power. Everything else is just paper and theorectical power.

Compared to Russia, the US' military is...Lacking something.

 

[Campbell]

Active Military...1,369,532

As of 2014 the army of the United States of America is one of the strongest armies in the world, if not the strongest – and that comes down to money. The yearly budget that the United States of America government has allocated to their army is more than six hundred and twelve BILLION dollars. Yes, you read that right: more than six hundred and twelve billion dollars. It is hard to match the global firepower of a country that spends that much on an army! This is probably because, despite not having a single battle on their own soil for tens if not hundreds of years, American troops are currently deployed in nearly one hundred and fifty countries.

Just curious......how would you feel if every time you went to do your grocery shopping there were troops there from a foreign country.....often armed. It seems that somewhere along the way Dwight D. Eisenhower's warning about a military/industrial complex got lost in the fray:

Number of soldiers doesn't equal power. Didn't you see "300?"

Seriously...we have eleven aircraft carriers. Nearly all of the other military countries don't have one. We don't just lead by a little.

 

[Mad Scientist]

OP is confusing "Powerful" with "Expensive".

Russia, In Syria, is doing in a matter of weeks what the US couldn't do in years.

 

[Campbell]

Currently Russia has the most powerful. Conqueored Georgia and Ukraine unopposed. That's real military power. Everything else is just paper and theorectical power.

LOL....you have no idea what you're talking about. Russia has a total of seven aircraft carriers but six of them have been decommissioned. They're not even in the same ball game with the U S. They haven't even been close since the soviet union met it's demise.

 

[Delta4Embassy]

Active Military...1,369,532

As of 2014 the army of the United States of America is one of the strongest armies in the world, if not the strongest – and that comes down to money. The yearly budget that the United States of America government has allocated to their army is more than six hundred and twelve BILLION dollars. Yes, you read that right: more than six hundred and twelve billion dollars. It is hard to match the global firepower of a country that spends that much on an army! This is probably because, despite not having a single battle on their own soil for tens if not hundreds of years, American troops are currently deployed in nearly one hundred and fifty countries.

Just curious......how would you feel if every time you went to do your grocery shopping there were troops there from a foreign country.....often armed. It seems that somewhere along the way Dwight D. Eisenhower's warning about a military/industrial complex got lost in the fray:

Number of soldiers doesn't equal power. Didn't you see "300?"

Seriously...we have eleven aircraft carriers. Nearly all of the other military countries don't have one. We don't just lead by a little.

So? Couldn't stomp Iraq or Afganistan with 11 carriers? Power you don't use doesn't lend itself to bragging rights. Performance in actual comflict is all that matters. US sucks of late. Simple as that. Theorectical power is top-tier, but real-world performance is a fucking joke.

 

[Delta4Embassy]

Currently Russia has the most powerful. Conqueored Georgia and Ukraine unopposed. That's real military power. Everything else is just paper and theorectical power.

LOL....you have no idea what you're talking about. Russia has a total of seven aircraft carriers but six of them have been decommissioned. They're not even in the same ball game with the U S.

You're using a child's logic that bigger numbers means something.

 

[Delta4Embassy]

Reason US is weak lately is obvious enough. We're not fighting wars to win any more. We're pulling every punch pissing ourselves how it'll play in the media. Never win a war worrying about the media coverage.

In WWII we fought all out using what our own generals called 'terror bombing.' Incendiaries, attacks against civilian targets and infrastructure. And we won in multiple countries and on multiple fronts in under 4 years. Ever since though we've fought to be more PC and inoffensive than the enemy. And the result's been easily predictable. Wars agaisnt vastly inferior forces take 14+ years and end in a loss.

 

[Campbell]

Active Military...1,369,532

As of 2014 the army of the United States of America is one of the strongest armies in the world, if not the strongest – and that comes down to money. The yearly budget that the United States of America government has allocated to their army is more than six hundred and twelve BILLION dollars. Yes, you read that right: more than six hundred and twelve billion dollars. It is hard to match the global firepower of a country that spends that much on an army! This is probably because, despite not having a single battle on their own soil for tens if not hundreds of years, American troops are currently deployed in nearly one hundred and fifty countries.

Just curious......how would you feel if every time you went to do your grocery shopping there were troops there from a foreign country.....often armed. It seems that somewhere along the way Dwight D. Eisenhower's warning about a military/industrial complex got lost in the fray:

Number of soldiers doesn't equal power. Didn't you see "300?"

Seriously...we have eleven aircraft carriers. Nearly all of the other military countries don't have one. We don't just lead by a little.

So? Couldn't stomp Iraq or Afganistan with 11 carriers? Power you don't use doesn't lend itself to bragging rights. Performance in actual comflict is all that matters. US sucks of late. Simple as that. Theorectical power is top-tier, but real-world performance is a fucking joke.

You don't have a clue. This country has a defensive shield set up around it and not one missile stands a chance of penetrating it. You do remember the visits to the moon over forty years ago don't you?

 

[cnm]

Reason US is weak lately is obvious enough. We're not fighting wars to win any more.

What a load. You're protesting what the Russians are doing in Syria. You didn't want to do it. You (the US) wanted those anti Assad forces there.

 

[Delta4Embassy]

Active Military...1,369,532

As of 2014 the army of the United States of America is one of the strongest armies in the world, if not the strongest – and that comes down to money. The yearly budget that the United States of America government has allocated to their army is more than six hundred and twelve BILLION dollars. Yes, you read that right: more than six hundred and twelve billion dollars. It is hard to match the global firepower of a country that spends that much on an army! This is probably because, despite not having a single battle on their own soil for tens if not hundreds of years, American troops are currently deployed in nearly one hundred and fifty countries.

Just curious......how would you feel if every time you went to do your grocery shopping there were troops there from a foreign country.....often armed. It seems that somewhere along the way Dwight D. Eisenhower's warning about a military/industrial complex got lost in the fray:

Number of soldiers doesn't equal power. Didn't you see "300?"

Seriously...we have eleven aircraft carriers. Nearly all of the other military countries don't have one. We don't just lead by a little.

So? Couldn't stomp Iraq or Afganistan with 11 carriers? Power you don't use doesn't lend itself to bragging rights. Performance in actual comflict is all that matters. US sucks of late. Simple as that. Theorectical power is top-tier, but real-world performance is a fucking joke.

You don't have a clue. This country has a defensive shield set up around it and not one missile stands a chance of penetrating it. You do remember the visits to the moon over forty years ago don't you?

That was so stupid it doesn't merit a reply.

 

[Campbell]

Active Military...1,369,532

As of 2014 the army of the United States of America is one of the strongest armies in the world, if not the strongest – and that comes down to money. The yearly budget that the United States of America government has allocated to their army is more than six hundred and twelve BILLION dollars. Yes, you read that right: more than six hundred and twelve billion dollars. It is hard to match the global firepower of a country that spends that much on an army! This is probably because, despite not having a single battle on their own soil for tens if not hundreds of years, American troops are currently deployed in nearly one hundred and fifty countries.

Just curious......how would you feel if every time you went to do your grocery shopping there were troops there from a foreign country.....often armed. It seems that somewhere along the way Dwight D. Eisenhower's warning about a military/industrial complex got lost in the fray:

Number of soldiers doesn't equal power. Didn't you see "300?"

Seriously...we have eleven aircraft carriers. Nearly all of the other military countries don't have one. We don't just lead by a little.

So? Couldn't stomp Iraq or Afganistan with 11 carriers? Power you don't use doesn't lend itself to bragging rights. Performance in actual comflict is all that matters. US sucks of late. Simple as that. Theorectical power is top-tier, but real-world performance is a fucking joke.

You don't have a clue. This country has a defensive shield set up around it and not one missile stands a chance of penetrating it. You do remember the visits to the moon over forty years ago don't you?

That was so stupid it doesn't merit a reply.

Then you did a good job......that's once!

 

[amrchaos]

Active Military...1,369,532

As of 2014 the army of the United States of America is one of the strongest armies in the world, if not the strongest – and that comes down to money. The yearly budget that the United States of America government has allocated to their army is more than six hundred and twelve BILLION dollars. Yes, you read that right: more than six hundred and twelve billion dollars. It is hard to match the global firepower of a country that spends that much on an army! This is probably because, despite not having a single battle on their own soil for tens if not hundreds of years, American troops are currently deployed in nearly one hundred and fifty countries.

Just curious......how would you feel if every time you went to do your grocery shopping there were troops there from a foreign country.....often armed. It seems that somewhere along the way Dwight D. Eisenhower's warning about a military/industrial complex got lost in the fray:

Number of soldiers doesn't equal power. Didn't you see "300?"

That requires mastery of the terrain(tactics)

Do not expect tactics to always favor you. In fact, mastery of the terrain usually favors the defender over the invader.

Hence, aggressive nations need powerful well equipped military
Defensive nations need mobile and specialized units n their military.

The US focus on both aspects

 

[cnm]

Defensive nations need mobile and specialized units n their military.

The US focus on both aspects

Yeah, right, for when the first wave of landing craft comes motoring up the Hudson.

 

[Campbell]

Defensive nations need mobile and specialized units n their military.

The US focus on both aspects

Yeah, right, for when the first wave of landing craft comes motoring up the Hudson.

How long has it been since any invading force has been active within our borders? Terrorism is the biggest obstacle to our comfort. When they have to resort to that they remind me of the situation in Israel with the Palestinians. Not Much!

 

[rightwinger]

The U.S. Spends 41 cents of every defense dollar in the world

We are strongest by far

 

[rightwinger]

Defensive nations need mobile and specialized units n their military.

The US focus on both aspects

Yeah, right, for when the first wave of landing craft comes motoring up the Hudson.

How long has it been since any invading force has been active within our borders? Terrorism is the biggest obstacle to our comfort. When they have to resort to that they remind me of the situation in Israel with the Palestinians. Not Much!

200 years

 

[CowboyTed]

Active Military...1,369,532

As of 2014 the army of the United States of America is one of the strongest armies in the world, if not the strongest – and that comes down to money. The yearly budget that the United States of America government has allocated to their army is more than six hundred and twelve BILLION dollars. Yes, you read that right: more than six hundred and twelve billion dollars. It is hard to match the global firepower of a country that spends that much on an army! This is probably because, despite not having a single battle on their own soil for tens if not hundreds of years, American troops are currently deployed in nearly one hundred and fifty countries.

Just curious......how would you feel if every time you went to do your grocery shopping there were troops there from a foreign country.....often armed. It seems that somewhere along the way Dwight D. Eisenhower's warning about a military/industrial complex got lost in the fray:

Number of soldiers doesn't equal power. Didn't you see "300?"

Seriously...we have eleven aircraft carriers. Nearly all of the other military countries don't have one. We don't just lead by a little.

So? Couldn't stomp Iraq or Afganistan with 11 carriers? Power you don't use doesn't lend itself to bragging rights. Performance in actual comflict is all that matters. US sucks of late. Simple as that. Theorectical power is top-tier, but real-world performance is a fucking joke.

Honestly US has the biggest stick by far but are very poor at playing the game especially the GOP.

Look at Iraq and Afghanistan they are a GOP mess packaged and given to Obama...

Iran is also a great example. What do America want with Iran...
What they should want is a friendly neighbour, one without nukes. The rest of the world went 'Hey Iran if want to do business you're going to need to drop the nukes' OR GOP 'Bomb Bomb....'

GOP is a clueless mess in international diplomacy. Obama played good cards up til Syria which was a Catch 22 mess..