Why exactly do countries in the Americas have a military?

You should know better, fuck

Dude, they are literally the only strong institution we have left

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the US will prevent eastern-hemisphere powers from invading you, but you still need your own armies to stop Chile from just doing what comes natural to them.

>>76106966
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>>76107270
Here it is, the monroe doctrine supporter, what a retard.

>>76106966
To keep US from completely bullying you guys

because once you dont have one, ppl get ideas about easy "justifible" grabs of land, ppl, assets, anything that they see up for grabs

never disband your armies
t. trianon

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>>76107270

>>76107555
Costa Rica doesn't have one and nothing has happened to them.

>>76107639
Nicaragua invades them everyday
But they do have a military type police force
It's a small country

>>76106966
US economy on 70 percentages relies on MIC. The countries of Latin America are forced to adjoin to this militant monster, while themselves being torn apart by the local mafia and bandit formations. Gee go figure.

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>fuckton of resources
>commie neighbors

We have our reasons.

>>76108220

The only cunts that buy heavily US gear is Colombia.

>>76106966
As long as the US stays friendly, we actually truly don't. However, a sizeable military can improve economy through fomenting of state-of-art tech, as long as it can later become commercialized as consumer goods.

>>76106966
most of them don't, only we, Mexico and the US have an actual military because of internal problems (and dick measuring in the case of the USA)

>>76108991

>US
>Friendly

Nope, it's pretty known that US isn't that much of a reliable "ally". Our military learnt that well during the crisis we had with France in the 60's.

>>76108911
Has Brazil ever being invaded by another Latin American country?

>>76106966
We are the 7th oil petroleum producer.
Guess why now.

Also military "handles" most problems instead police.

>>76109294
Paraguay

>>76109294

Some.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars_involving_Brazil

>>76109417
>countin the lobster war as a war
whew lad

>>76109068
And Chile?

>>76109523

>Crisis

Back to school my white friend.

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>>76108220
Don't be salty
Plz sell Yak-130

>>76109842

Don't do it, seriously.

>>76109842
Didn't Russia sold us some things like a month ago?

>>76109842
We got some months ago.

>>76109916
>>76109947
The last I know is just the overhaul of the helicopters, but I dunno

>>76106966
Aren't they fighting Narcos in your country?

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>>76107270
>the US will prevent eastern-hemisphere powers from invading you

I don't think this is true anymore

>>76108220
You'd have a point if they were serious buyers if our equipment. I'm assuming more buy your gear.

>>76109068
>M48 patton and M3 still in service
>Colombian army
hahahahaha

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>>76109272
>Our military learnt that well during the crisis we had with France in the 60's.
Please tell me this isn't what your talking about because we had nothing to do with it.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lobster_War

>>76110266
It was never true

>>76109580
It's literally under your list of wars.

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>>76110297
Oh man we are a cluster fuck of gear from everywhere

>>76110482
I really would like to know how your military makes equipment decisions

>>76110386

When we were about to send warships to north the US ambassador said that the govt wouldn't support and we shouldn't return them to Rio. Some of the shíps were "leased or given" after WWII or something.

Also US govt was clearly supporting the frogs even though they sent warships into our waters. Rio pact is a fucking joke desu.

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>>76110470

>wiki

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>>76110549
>This looks nice BUY IT
Pretty much it was like that
Its changing tho, but at a quite slow pace

>>76106966
You're the least apt to ask this dumb question, mejico.

By the way, could you guys rate the mejican accent on this video? I'm genuinely curious about how accurate it is. The part in question starts at 4:45 min.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdzwYpXVYe8

>>76110762
No

>>76110640
If you have a problem with Wikipedia don't use it as your source macaco.

>>76110659
I thought maybe it was bribe related but I also get the big kid aspect.

>>76110266
>Thinking Trump has any effect on anything important
Kek. Despite all his bluster and pandering to the Bible Belt retards and /r/the_polnald, business is usual. C.f. that billions arms deal with Saudi and then Qatar. About the only thing he has done that came to fruition was defunding the National Parks. Even the withdrawal from that global warming accord had no effect since the major economic US states said they're keeping to it. The US establishment will cut and chew its own dick before allowing Russia or China any real foot hold in its own backyard.

>>76110973

I was showing him about the countries that tried to invade. Learn context you fat nigger.

>>76111010
Its more like the military asks for congress to approve purchases, but the government sees better use for the money, in their pockets, so they only approve half of purchases or shit we really don't need, like the Mi-26 helicopters we bought.
Our military had it hard until the drug war started, but still, they hadn't received all the shit they asked for.
The black hawks and the EC225 the US and France sold to us are the shit our military really wanted and really needed, but for example, the Air force asked for attack helicopters to support ground troops and no, it got blocked, they asked for air surveillance planes, and they got half because they decided to buy another VIP transport plane

>>76107572
greatest ally

>>76110849
Ok, thanks anyway

>>76111233
That stinks during the Cold War are military used to say Russia had all this stuff and it was amazing and better than ours so they needed xyz and they got it despite it being b.s. We didn't have a problem hearing Soviet subs and the Soviets had a problem hearing ours but the Navy implied that the Soviets subs were almost impossible to detect. At least we got the Sea Wolf even if we only have a few.

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>>76111233
>>76111793
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seawolf-class_submarine

>>76111793
Directly after WW2 up to the 1980s we had a pretty decent military, but in the late 80s and 90s it went to obscurity.

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Pls buy.

>>76108958
are you some sort of retard leftist or just clueless? half of the countries of the World buy weapons from US. Brazil and Mexico the most in Latin America.