It will be using against the protesters as usual.

You really don't know? It is clearly the Chinese. Us having a bigger navy supports the rest of the world. It enables them to safely trade.

The money has already been allocated. Not to mention nobody knows where all those trillions went... how cruel does our government have to be for people to wake up?

With the blood, sweat, & tears of the populace, of course. It's tragically poetic how they squeeze so much out of the people without even pretending to invest in them, be it healthcare or education.

Every country we claim to be our enemy has a largely defensive oriented military. They're no threat to the USA. The USA is the threat to them.

2nd part is pretty clear. South China sea conflict plus VZ agitation

If you look at the geostrategic advantage to all trading nations of having safe shipping worldwide it pays for itself.

My democrat representative in ny will vote to fund it without batting an eye

Cults