America is in a weakened position, and no one knows it. We need to address it before it's too late.

Although America ranks in the top 10 in total military size (according to worldpopulation.com), America is in the bottom of the top 10. America's total full-time main Army is 500,000 (according to statista.com). I will point out that in other countries, such as China, their Army in size according to globalfirepower.com, is estimated in total to be 2.5 million troops.

I also want to add that recruitment is down for the armed services in America, as well. Furthermore, I would use the numbers provided from globalfirepower.com for America, but it seems unrealistic, seeing that there have been huge amounts of cutbacks and discharges over the last few years.

Then there's the amount of growing militaries around the world. Even South Korea's Army is larger than ours. So is India's, there's a problem with that. Technology is only good if you have time to deploy it, and you're not overwhelmed first. I listed "allies" of America, but at any time, these "allies" can and will turn against us. This is the nature of humanity.

Keep in mind that our 500K troops are spread out all across the world, and not at home in America. That leaves us vulnerable to invasion. Remember, China, India, and many other countries have armies in the millions. Armed citizens or not, we all don't have fully automatic weapons and tactical training like soldiers. Or explosives for that matter.

Not all of us are lucky enough to be living on a military base or near one. If an invasion happens now, and it's China... And say that they landed in California. A fully unarmed population because of "gun control" laws. The police isn't trained to stop soldiers. Civilian casualties will be high, even with the military bases that may be left in California, they will likely be overwhelmed, and they will steamroll into the next state, and the next.

People are stupid, and don't think things all the way through. We need to refund the armed services to 1980s levels, restore trust, and get recruitment levels back up.