Uhhhhh genuinely don't know how the fuck this is even possible. Basically acting as mercenaries at this point :amerikkka:

https://www.axios.com/gop-megadonor-south-dakota-troops-border-21881b13-f0d8-461f-a7af-fe6288b5bcbd.html

    • Itsmorning [none/use name]
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      3 years ago

      Eh, it wasn't until the Spanish-American War that things got off the ground. The US government used to disband most of the army after a war. The US Navy was frequently put in the position of having to purchase merchant ships and put cannons on them when a war broke out. And Congress would barely give them any money.

      Not any more! WWI and especially WWII took care of that permanently.