Quote Originally Posted by Tellos Athenaios View Post
Yes fine, and I agree: sometimes countries should show that they, collectively, got something of a “soul” as well as a wallet or a gun.

But a large army doesn't come into it.
Doesn't military force come into it sometimes? In the case of south korea as mentioned. I lack knowledge needed to say anything about other countries...but it is a potential at least in other places.

So it looks so far like Shibumi had it right, that Europe lets the USA pay for the policing, and spends their money on themselves.