[Cyropaedia]

That's just ridiculous. No one is talking about going back down to a population of 30 million. 200 to 250 million is just fine. And that amount would provide all the military protection necessary.

Exactly who in the hell is going to invade us that we will need 1.5 BILLION armed citizens in order to repel them...??

Aliens from outer space...?

[Jedi Master Pikachu]

The rest of the world (or much of the world). Population: roughly 6.4 billion currently.

Opinions of the United States are very low, and have been for a long time--much longer than the Iraq conflict.

Of the opinion that the United States should be able to defend the country against all the rest of Earth's states, and win.