Yes, it is, and if it isn't immediately, it will be.
Costa Rica seem to have done okay for themselves, and without the expense of an armed forces...
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Yes, it is, and if it isn't immediately, it will be.
Costa Rica seem to have done okay for themselves, and without the expense of an armed forces...
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Fifty years is a paltry amount of time. Eventually they will need a military.Originally Posted by LittleGrizzly
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Im not saying never have a military, But tell me what threat should they be worried about requiring the build up of thier military now ?
If the situation changes in 50 years time sure. As things stand they have saved themsleves 50 years of unnessecary expense, and i see them saving themselves another 50 years of unnesecary expense... all to the benefit of Costa Ricans and the dismay of wargamers and military enthusiasts !
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Um, Grizz.. who wants Costa Rica?
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Not the most stable of regions, is it?
It costs a lot to progressively wreck, underfund, or even destroy a military over the course of fifty years and then suddenly be forced to build it back up, as Canada is figuring out right now. When Trudeau and his ilk shattered the military, many people either ignored it or had a similar attitude that you have (oh, we don't really need it now, but if we do in the future...), and now and in the near future they will have to pay the price.If the situation changes in 50 years time sure. As things stand they have saved themsleves 50 years of unnessecary expense, and i see them saving themselves another 50 years of unnesecary expense... all to the benefit of Costa Ricans and the dismay of wargamers and military enthusiasts!
So who pays? It's kind of like my earlier post on the health systems around here.
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An enemy that wishes to die for their country is the best sort to face - you both have the same aim in mind.
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Only because everyone knows we, the US, won't let them be invaded.
Preposterous. He is not receiving health care. Nor did he agree to be in the military for free. The military agreed to compensate him for his service - with both a salary and complete health insurance.Yes, it is. If the military is the only state organization that receive free healthcare, I don't see how you could claim otherwise.
I don't care what's your job, where you'd been fighting and what not. You signed up, for I guess a few reasons. You're doing your job, which involve getting shot at. That's dangerous and brave, but that's what you signed up for.
Having a military is not essential for a nation, it's essential for the US, because of their honestly war-focused foreign policy and their role as a superpower. That doesn't change the fact that a soldier shouldn't have more rights than the average citizen.
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Only because everyone knows we, the US, won't let them be invaded.
During the cold war... its a possibility. Since the collapse of the soviet union theres has been no need for that American threat either.. the sanctions they would get from alot of countrys around the world would make invading Costa Rica not worthwile...
The only country (s) where any sanctions wouldn't make a difference as they are already there would not be able to launch an invasion of Costa Rica anyway, besides North Korea has more pressing concerns... any other country would be so battered by sanctions that even if everyone agreed not to take military action against thier invaders the invasion would be extremely counter productive...
Um, Grizz.. who wants Costa Rica?
The same people who want a cold damp rock just off mainland europe (uk) the evil boogey men who will came and get us if we don't have a military...
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