You are right about the Constitution. I'm just thinking that without our military, we'd be sipping tea this afternoon and saluting Queen Elizabeth (or speaking Japanese).
That's very true. We can thank the U.S. military for safeguarding our rights, that's for sure. Sometimes I can't help myself for parsing sentences (English major).
Without our military, we would have a Berlin Wall down the Mississipi River - west side speaking Japanese and the east side speaking German.