America is the sole superpower in the world, of which, it is absolutely second to none. While, that may well bring a sense of security to many an American, there is, in these types of situations, a clear and present danger that such a military as that, has easily the capability in the hands of those that are overly ambitious and unpatriotic in form, of that miliary force actually being used against its own citizens. After all, there are those that believe, that when they have immense military power that they can call upon, that when election results are unsatisfactory or the direction of the country is troubling, that these types of scenarios present an opportunity for that military to take control of the domestic affairs of that nation that it purportedly is meant to faithfully serve.
As much as Americans want to believe that we live under a Constitutional government, it has to be acknowledged, that government, in so many ways and means by its actuation, is, in essence, force. That is to say, the laws that we have, in effect, necessitate a policing force in order for the general population to understand that behind the laws so legislated that there is a physical enforcing mechanism; for without such enforcement, the obeying of laws might well be ignored by those that feel no real compelling reason that these laws should apply to them or to be fearful of suffering any associated penalties in regards to them.
So then, while it has to be admitted that there needs to be a domestic policing force to do their part in seeing that the law is enforced; it also has to be admitted that a military force is required in order to protect Americans from enemies, both domestic and foreign. The problem, though, comes about because those that are at the highest echelons of military command, are from time-to-time the very same personages that rule a given nation. That is to say, take a look at the past Presidents of the United States, and understand that a meaningful portion of them, have been part of the miliary or have served in such, in which, Presidents such as Washington, Grant, and Eisenhower, have all been at the very pinnacle of military generalship power.
This is thus indicative, that great military power, which will not bend to civil rule, has because of its muscle the easy capability to run roughshod over any civil government; for we find that far too often, throughout history, whomever has the guns, makes the rules. This is why, it has to be taken into fair account, that when a given military force is heads and tails above any other country’s military force, that perhaps it would behoove that government, of, by, and for the people, to temper down the amount of monies and personnel so being devoted to the military, for this world is full of ambitious people, and those that are ambitious may well see America, which is the preeminent economic force in the world, as something that needs a very strong guiding hand, in order to keep its status as the most valuable nation in the world.