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there are roles that each and every one of us can point to and say "the Fed really should not be doing this" or "the Fed really should not be involved" ... this does not mean that we want no Federal Government.
Conservatives (and I don't exactly fit here, but of the two major parties I do) fit with this, they believe that one primary role of the US Federal Government is to serve and protect, with a big emphasis on protection.
It's like purchasing stuff in my daily life. Some areas I am cool with skimping on ... there are particular things that I want to spend as little as I can on, yet when it comes to other areas (like computer parts) I don't get the top of the line, newest, and greatest, but I do not skimp on quality ... thus I spend a little more up front on electronics, but they last me a good long time.
Defense spending is that one thing for Conservatives -- they believe that a specific level of certainty of safety is a key foundation to being and living free.
Try putting yourself in one of the conflict zones you know something about ... how would your ability to pursue whatever you feel like in the areas of a career be effected if you lived there?
How much and the USA roll in the world from a military and defender of democracy/theweak/etc can and is debated. We can and might should spend less on the military too, I really don't know, but I do know that if there is one area that I personally would be the last to decrease it is our military (well, it might not be the last, but I cannot think of anything else at this moment).
There is one other element in there ... and it's a macro(ish) economical view of the world ... at least a big picture one.
The less we have war in the world the better off the world is, disarming the USA will not cause less war, but if an armed USA can cause less war with the military it will help the USA & the other countries in the long run.
Think of great people in history that have made great scientific advances, what if those individuals were born and lived in that hotzone you thought of earlier? Do you expect that we would have the same result from their work/discoveries? In some cases, yes, in some it would have probably just taken more time, in other cases no.
The US military does a lot more for causing other countries to be better off then just "fighting" ... they also build a lot of stuff like schools and infrastructure. That is just practicing for them for other building and such they might need to do at other times.
anyway, my wife is calling me to go watch some TV ...
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