The US government does use its military for stupid reasons. A lot of this in modern times is related to the military industrial complex. Just like any industry, military hardware and technology makers lobby for Congress to pass laws that are advantages to them.
The difference is, the defense industry enjoys all kinds of special access to government coffers and politicians. This is because people see 40, 000 men with AK-47s out in the dessert (ISIS), and crap their pants. You can't even point out how ridiculous it is to be afraid of such a meager force, because some hired hack (or politician) on TV will say you're naive and your average jo shmo believes them. It sounds right.
A lot of people never to the point to realize that the reason it "sounds right" is because it is all over our media. But I don't really see any reason to get into a conspiracy beyond that. It's just powerful people helping their buddies out and convincing the public otherwise. Always has happened, always will happen.
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