While the United states Armed Forces (private mercenaries) are stationed at 737 bases, in 130 nations around the world, defending “all freedom-loving people everywhere in the world,” Sheriff Michael Gayer, of Pulaski County, Indiana, defends his department’s recent purchase of a military surplus mine-resistant ambush-protected military surplus (MRAP) vehicle: “The United States of America has become a war zone.”

       [added 12/11/2022] Thanks to Freedom’s Phoenix for this entry.