Quote Originally Posted by Lëzen View Post
I'm probably a wee bit late in replying to this, and I don't really want to get too deep into this debate, but...my answer to this is "not necessarily".

It kills me to have to make a biology analogy, but...is spreading out and "stationing" one's forces in multiple areas not the very same tactic that viruses use? Viruses spread to different parts of the body rather than clump together and "make a stand" at one concentrated point. If they spread out, the body's immune system can only handle so much in any given area; by the time your white blood cells are finished forcing apoptosis upon infected cells in one area of the body, the virus has already taken its toll in countless other places.

Granted, humans themselves aren't exactly viruses, but the principle is vaguely similar. The fact that America has bits and pieces of itself scattered across the world helps to ensure that its position is secured. Someone said earlier that the U.S. could reduce its military size by about 20% and still maintain its dominance. Why not spread that extra 20% around elsewhere just to be dead certain that nobody tries to pull a fast one on us? I'm not really a war tactician, but it makes plenty of sense to me.

Anyway, there's my two cents on the matter. Have fun.
War is like a virus eating away at our society.