system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
CMV: The US military has very rarely fought to "ensure our freedoms." In fact, it has done more to harm the world than help.

It seems to me that, at least since the American Civil War, the US military has had almost zero impact on the rights of Americans living at home. Maybe there was some preservation of potential loss of "life, liberty, and happiness" during WWII, especially defense against a potential invasion from Japan. But, with very few exceptions, the US military has existed as a militant pawn in geopolitics. It seems to me that the rhetoric of honoring the military for protecting domestic life is simply self-perpetuating propaganda.
gpt
I think the two counter-arguments would be:

1) The strategic engagements around the world since WWII have prevented the possibility of freedom harming wars (or terrorist attacks) coming to our soil, and

2) The preservation of American economic hegemony is necessary for protecting, at the very least our economic freedom, but also likely other freedoms, such as freedom to travel and engage in commerce around the world.