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A country without a military isn't a country for very long

We're not talking about "a country without a military." We're talking about the american war machine, possibly the greatest engine of destruction and misery the world has ever known.

If the US can't exist without the atrocities it has been using its military to commit for the last century then sure, it should not exist. I suspect there are other paths, however.

US military is the best thing that have happened to the world, and is one of the main reasons for the decades of general peace and prosperity that happened since WW2 globally.

And what do you think will happen in the world without US? China and Russia would love that.

Could you elaborate? I disagree just because of the basic human nature, but I am curious about your rationale for the statement above.

I'm talking specific to the US military and its uses and transgressions, not condemning everyone who has ever fought a war in history. Nothing in "basic human nature" made us do agent orange or abu ghraib. We chose this course and we must unchoose it.

Ah, so it absolutely is not, since it is relative.

Be thankful that you are not in charge of a country where hard decisions get made, and each decision costs lives no matter what you do.

I would not trust you.