I have very mixed feelings about this. It would be a poor decision to not have very strong defensive capabilities and offensive capability also to deter adversaries.<p>But (but!) my country (USA) has been beating the drums of war too loudly for decades and under Bush and Obama the situation in my opinion has gotten worse. I believe that the security interests of the USA are well served by paying closer attention to relationships with other countries and this does not include bullying. Moving military bases and capabilities up to Russia's borders is the most recent activity that concerns me.<p>This may be too simple of an explanation but is probably mostly true anyway: there is just too much money to be made in the war industry and it warps our news coverage and geopolitical strategies.