Si vis pacem, para bellum, if you want peace prepare for war. So, after spending more on preparing for war than China, India, Russia, the United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia, Germany, France, Japan, South Korea, Italy and Australia combined, even couch potato generals would expect the United States could open a can of whoop-ass and beat any country on the planet in a military engagement.
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