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Military of the United States: War Department
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The military of the United States comprises 1.4 million personnel on active duty"Active Duty Military Personnel Strength Levels". 2002. Accessed 2 May 2006., along with several hundred thousand each in the Reserves and the National Guard. Service in the military is voluntary, though conscription may occur in times of war through the Selective Service System. The U.S. is considered to have the most powerful military in the world, in part due to the size of its defense budget; the American defense expenditures in 2005 was estimated to be greater than the next 14 largest national military budgets combined.Anup Shah, High Military Expenditure in Some Places. Last updated 27 March, 2006. globalissues.org.
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The United States has a long-standing tradition of civilian control over military affairs. The Department of Defense administers the U.S. armed forces, which comprise the Army, the Navy, the Marine Corps, and the Air Force. The Coast Guard falls under the jurisdiction of the Department of Homeland Security in peacetime but is placed under the Department of the Navy in times of war.
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The foreign policy of the United States would change overnight. There would be great pressure for the United States to do something. Iran and North Korea’s nuclear facilities would almost certainly be taken out. This would fuel the fire for at least two additional regional wars plus the still ongoing police actions in Iraq and Afghanistan. Pakistan and Egypt would fall under the control of Islamic Fundamentalists and Saudi Arabia and other oil rich kingdoms would have such grave internal problems from Islamic fundamentalists that they would have to ask for U.S. troops to defend their oil industry. Many other governments would likely fall under the control of Islamic fundamentalists.
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"The establishment of U.S. military bases should not of course be seen simply in terms of direct military ends. They are always used to promote the economic and political objectives of U.S. capitalism. For example, U.S. corporations and the U.S. government have been eager for some time to build a secure corridor for US.-controlled oil and natural gas pipelines from the Caspian Sea in Central Asia through Afghanistan and Pakistan to the Arabian Sea. This region -has more than 6 percent of the world's proven oil reserves and almost 40 percent of its gas reserves. The war in Afghanistan and the creation of U.S. military Bases in Central Asia are viewed as a key opportunity to make such pipelines a reality."
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After such a series of attacks, all personal rights in the constitution will be suspended or disregarded by the military. There would be mass arrests of all suspects who will be held in concentration camps indefinitely without trial. Homes will be searched without warrants, freedom of speech will no longer exist and everyone will be spying on everyone else. Anyone the government believes is fueling the fires of hatred in the country will be arrested. The government will have to appease the majority so those who will not conform to “popular thinking” shaped by the socialist talking heads on TV will be persecuted. This persecution will included Moslems and those from the Middle East.
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As of April 2007, about 1,426,700 people are on active duty in the military with an additional 1,458,500 people in the seven reserve components.[5] As it is currently a volunteer military, there is no conscription. Women are not allowed to serve in some combat assignments, but they are allowed to serve in most non-combat specialties. Due to the realities of war some of these non-combat positions see combat regularly. [6]
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