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Based on the current/planned cost of the war, is Israel able to sustain the war in Gaza without extra aid from United States?
I wonder based on the current economic situation of Israel, if it could sustain the war against Hamas by itself without external aid.
It is reported that the United States committed over $3.3 billion ...
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What is the role of the U.S. Marines under contemporary joint warfare doctrine?
Is the U.S. Marine Corps, as a separate branch, largely a historical artifact, or does it fulfill a distinct purpose within the context of modern joint warfare doctrine?
Please note, this is not ...
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Can the US send in troops to Ukraine by removing all markings [closed]
It seems like Russia sent troops to fight in Crimea without any markings. Why cannot the US send in a small force (for example just to take down Russian aircraft) without any markings? Also taking ...
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What are my odds of being drafted for US selected service currently? [closed]
So this is definitely a slightly paranoia induced question, but it has been on my mind recently (for obvious reasons) and was wondering what my odds are. Age wise I'm primed for the army; I just ...
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Did the U.S. lose the war against the Taliban?
We know that the U.S. has a much stronger military than the Taliban, they could have deployed more troops in Afghanistan to beat the Taliban, but they consciously didn't. This makes me wonder, did U.S....
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In the wake of the 2014 Iraqi army disintegration in front of ISIS, did the US make changes to how it trained such forces, esp. in Afghanistan?
Although some are shocked by the disintegration of Afghan army in front of the Taliban, I for one wasn't too surprised given the 2014 precedent provided by the US-trained Iraqi army, which ...
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Which US law transfered the power to declare war from Congress to the President? [closed]
The last few wars have been declared by Presidents without an act of congress. Yet the Constitution says that only congress can declare war.
What is the specific legal justification that ...
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What is the Constitutional precedent for military aid?
Is there any Constitutional precedent for the claim that it is or is not within the rights or duties of the office of the President of the United States or of Congress to grant, to deny, or to suspend ...
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Why does the U.S military use mercenaries?
With a defense budget now totaling ~686-billion dollars a year – which is about the size of the next 8 largest defense budgets combined (figure) – why does the U.S military see the need to ...
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Who recorded “Mother of all Bombs" explosion from ground level? [closed]
The United States dropped "the mother of all bombs," the largest non-nuclear device it has ever unleashed in combat, on a network of caves and tunnels used by Islamic State in eastern Afghanistan on ...
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Is the "Mother of all Bombs" recently dropped by U.S. the largest since Hiroshima and Nagasaki? [closed]
I read that the bomb dropped was the "largest conventional bomb" ever used in warfare, so therefore would that make it the largest bomb ever used in warfare all together outside of the two uses of ...
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What incentives (or stated motives) did the US have to attack Syria?
What were the motives stated for for the US attacking Syria or incentives to do that?
It doesn't seem like there was any immediate threat from Syria to the US. (After all, they neither have ICBM's ...
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When may the President of the United States order military action without congressional approval?
The USA has many times in the past taken military action with only the President's order to back it up legally. It was Jefferson that set the precedent of using the military to enforce foreign policy ...
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Why does the USMC perform duties which are in the remit of the Army?
In every other country, marines are subordinate to the navy and are used mostly in operations which fall under the remit of the term - seaborne attacks and small scale land operations which needed a ...
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Does any US defense whitepaper or public policy document espouse boosting the UK's force projection or military power?
Having a regional ally with a powerful and active military may ease pressure on the US military and foreign policy objects.
Does any US defense whitepaper, public policy document or party platform ...
