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STONERS1 year, 9 months ago
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dandt16121 year, 9 months ago
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pongping1 year, 9 months ago
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I think you're reacting to another 'fear' campaign. Right now, who is going to attack us militarily? Who is worried that their big pile of pork might vanish?
Now that we have thought about that, being prepared is not a bad thing, but let's behave rationally and not start earmarking all that money we don't have and instead figure out how we can use what we do have effectively. That's where our leadership on both sides, but especially the Republican side lately, has failed us. We're too darn broke to respond.
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ETproductions1 year, 9 months ago
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dandt1612 wrote: "Bush and Gang have put us in a bad position."
What a bolt of truth, dandt1612.
We currently spend more on defense than all the other nations of the entire planet Earth totaled together. Our problem is NOT that we're being too cheap with our defense budget. It is exactly like Ron Paul says. For the last 50 years, Republicans and Democrats alike have been involved in a bone-headed foreign policy of empire building.
We've backed ruthless dictators while claiming to be the champions of democracy. Our CIA has helped in the overthrow and even assassinate popular elected leaders of other lands. We've instituted secret wire tapping of our own citizens and gulags and torture. And now we have even stooped to launching wars of aggression and talk of occupying foreign lands for the next 100 years.
What we need to fix our military is not more money but more common sense in our leaders.
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Blackacereturn1 year, 9 months ago
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DEMS in empire building? please explain the only DEM in the last 50 years have been more of a world builder not empires...typical republican response you cant give the DEMS credit without a underhand smack...they republicans have messed this thing up.That's it, not the dems they had the congress and the white house which you idiots gave to them and not that it's a mess you are preaching the inclusion blame game, go to hell this is all your mess!
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Grancher1 year, 9 months ago
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What exactly is he difference between "world building" and "empire building"? No one gives money away for nothing, and certainly not governments, if the Democrats are building the world they are building it by trying to expand American influence and control be it economic, cultural or military.
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ETproductions1 year, 9 months ago
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After 9/11 Bush, backed by a Republican Congress, took the idea of America being the sole superpower to new and dangerous heights. But the USA under both parties has been meddling in the affairs of foreign powers who posed no threat to us ever since the end of WWII. http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/51/217.html http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/1017-01...
At first, it was McCarthyism and the abject fear of commies that drove us. But soon our booming need for oil from the Middle East entered in as well. Our CIA and the British SAS helped engineer the death of Iran's elected leader to secure oil. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammed_Mossadegh. That happened on Kennedy's watch, as did the disastrous Bay of Pigs invasion.
On Lyndon Johnson's watch in 1968, the CIA assisted Saddam Hussein's Ba'ath Party in a coup that eventually brought Saddam to power.
Read the above references. Both parties have blood all over their hands.
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Blackacereturn1 year, 9 months ago
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If true, there are questions that should be asked of bush and co. Very hard questions, you have spent almost all of our national budget on the military well at the lease that is what you have been telling us and we are not the best there is. Where did our money go?
I really think the next president if he/she is a DEM should investigate this administration inside and out. It is needed because if we do nothing this can happen again...we need to set an example for those would be bushes.
I am sooo dejected by this lot.
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Centinel1 year, 9 months ago
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The investigation you would have the dems conduct will not happen. Why? Because it might spill over to the dems and their complacency in a multitude of "questionable" endeavors.
I think that is why they will not pursue impeachment of Bush and Cheney.
Both parties are two sides of the same coin.
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Codi69341 year, 9 months ago
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dandt1612
This mess was long in motion before GW. It started after the end of the Cold War. Was put on hold a little after the Gulf War, then put into high gear during the Clinton years. This took decades not a few years.
How about this , create a Home Guard (seperate from the NG/AR) They only operate in the U.S. ,no overseas deployment. Fill it with retired military(over 20, but under 30 years fed active service), or people that have not completed their 8 year committment.
OR if you don't like that, talk to your congreesman about reinstating the draft.
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questionseverything1 year, 9 months ago
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besides agreeing that the guard isnt ready and able to defend this country in case of an attack,what about the govt organizing its citizens to defend our own neighborhoods in case of an attack?
i am not talking military training so much but there would be nothing wrong with protecting fuel centers,knowing which locals have generators,neighborhood leaders storing cases of bottled water and canned goods...in all likely hood the next disaster wont be a terrorist attack,it will be a natural disaster
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questionseverything1 year, 9 months ago
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centinel i just read a historical novel about a band of orphans and 1 military guy from the US that held off a brigade of germans in naples for 4 days until the allied forces got there
in poland a few rag tag individuals did same
NEVER UNDERESTIMATE SOMEONE DEFENDING THEIR HOME
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MisterX1 year, 9 months ago
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We don't need citizens to prepare themselves with weapons and provisions anymore. That's what FEMA is for. In fact, I believe, in a few months, our gun rights are going to go the way of the rest of our rights. Stocking up on emergency rations might not be a bad idea. Food prices are going through the roof. Cloned meats are making their debut, and there's no telling what the side effects will be. We don't need to be invaded. All they need to do is cut off our supply lines, and we'll cry uncle.
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moxxxxxxxxxx1 year, 9 months ago
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Grassroots Community organization for safety is a great idea, however, once your good idea gets into the hands of corp interests groups they will develop a scheme to privatize the organization so they can drain all the monies in the name of profits. Privatizing and for- profitizing social and community agencies just filters governtment funding and citizens hard work into the pockets of wealthy investors.
Just look at the once very successful NON-PROFIT hospital and healthcare systems. Ever since for profit mentalities and insurance corps took over healthcare we have had the worst system of care ever experienced in our country.
Lets not destroy our safety and military too.
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injest1 year, 9 months ago
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Could someone explain, the title of this article is
"US military may not be ready for attack"
And then only talks about the States NG units. The NG units are part of the Military but they are not "THE MILITARY"
THE MILITARY is The Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines and the Ready Reserves of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines.
The NG and ANG belong to the States and are not Federal troops, unless they have been "federalized" as in deployed over seas.
This article paints a picture that is not exactly true.
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augustine9741 year, 9 months ago
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I'm with you. Instead of spending just have of the Federal Budget on the military, we need to spend it all on the military and let the free market take care of the rest....I think there is suicide bomber under my bed., I'm outta here!
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