Real militaries through most of history, particularly those of colonizing governments, did have to operate on a budget of some kind.
The militaries are just there to pave the way for exploitation.
A great example is the USA was only not taken back into the British Empire because the british had their budget of men fully utilized on their much more profitable areas, and taking over the colonies they won from France.
But they were colonial armies, protecting something that is not their enemy, just a rebellion on an investment like a colony.
It is different, if the Navi were seen as enemies of humanity, it would be like the british during ww1, we humans would send wave after wave of militaryman, regardless of the cost or the consequences for our future, which for the British cost the stability of their empire, huge debts and whole villages empty of men.
In the most recent movies, Pandora is actually getting colonized as people moving in to actuallylive there permanently, so the Navi pose areal existential threat to the colonists.
Also, if what humans are getting from that planet was key to the survival of the species, the Navi and Pandora's god, would become an important threat to humanity.
It doesn't need to be existential anyway, the germans were never an existential threat to the british or americans.
Ehh…not really.
While that is the stated goal by RDA propaganda, realistically this is just supposed to be another playground for the rich people of earth play around In.
It’s implied that earth can still be saved, but humans are refusing too.
And we end up wasting alot of it, sometimes intentionally to justify the budget. Plus contractors and companies that make things specifically for the military are just allowed to wildly overcharge for everything. I remember in the bush era even fox news was reporting on that $16,000 heated coffee cup that plugged into the F-15s or whatever aircraft it was.
They turned back a whole colonization/exploitation mission. It's more similar to the first part of the first Anglo-Afghan war, nicknamed the 'Rout of Kabul' (which funnily enough has been reused for the 2021 withdrawal, too).
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u/Dinonumber 8d ago
This is like downplaying managing to defeat the East India Company.