No, the reason to kick start the army, is because we're the best. Always have been, and always fucking will be. I will accept nothing less. We owe that to ourselves.
The MDP is in fact though, yet another reason beyond that mentioned above, as to why we need to be prepared for anything. Because if either Pacifica or Taijitu is threatened in anyway, everyone here can bet that I will not back down. Taijitu bows to no one.