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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-16-08 03:41 PM Original message |
why does the United States even need an army? |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-16-08 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
1. Because we have done a lot of awful things in the past and made enemies? |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-16-08 07:34 PM Response to Reply #1 |
16. and which ones would we have to fear an invasion from if we had no army? |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-17-08 02:46 AM Response to Reply #16 |
21. Well I do live in Hawaii and my dad remembers |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-17-08 12:45 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. and the army stopped (or would have) that "invasion", how exactly? |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-17-08 03:45 PM Response to Reply #25 |
38. Well when you are attacked surely you need to retaliate. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-17-08 04:44 PM Response to Reply #38 |
43. to retaliate in kind to pearl harbor would not have required an army. |
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elizfeelinggreat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-16-08 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
2. why does the United States even need an army? |
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Florida22ndDistrict (255 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-17-08 04:22 AM Response to Reply #2 |
23. re: |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-17-08 12:49 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. there really wasn't the same huge arms industry prior to ww2... |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-17-08 12:58 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. We had manufacturing back then, though |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-17-08 01:02 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. and btw- i never said that military spending should be abolished. |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-17-08 01:29 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. I agee |
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elizfeelinggreat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-17-08 05:55 PM Response to Reply #23 |
58. whoops |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-16-08 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
3. Protect corporate interests abroad... |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-16-08 03:59 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. BINGO! |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-16-08 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
4. Larry Elder, A Conservative, Stated Recently That Bush Kept Us Safe By Invading Iraq |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-16-08 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
5. I believe there's a need for an army (for a whole military, actually) ...... but ...... |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-16-08 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
6. try the "search" function, you or another person asked the same question in same words last week EOM |
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KatyaR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-16-08 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
7. Because we're a peace-loving people . . . |
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superduperfarleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-16-08 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
8. We don't. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-16-08 05:00 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. i can still see the need for a navy and even an air force... |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-16-08 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
10. lets let the 2nd Amendment gun nuts protect us |
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jmg257 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-17-08 04:37 PM Response to Reply #10 |
41. You'd be in the Militia too - duty was mandatory - you could be one of us nuts too! |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-16-08 04:44 PM Response to Original message |
11. To keep the politicians, generals, and "defense" industry in business. |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-16-08 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
12. couldn't we just get the indians or the Singaporians to do it? |
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Edweird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-16-08 06:19 PM Response to Original message |
14. Uhh, you know how most people lock their homes when they leave? |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-16-08 07:34 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. how so? |
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Demagitator (236 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-16-08 08:03 PM Response to Original message |
17. I sort of agree |
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TreasonousBastard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-16-08 10:48 PM Response to Original message |
18. We don't, and we rarely had much of one... |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-16-08 10:52 PM Response to Original message |
19. So I could use the GI Bill |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-17-08 12:54 PM Response to Reply #19 |
29. "Isolationist policy does not work" |
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Flatulo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-17-08 01:09 PM Response to Reply #29 |
35. The US was largely isolationist before WWII. After Germany fell, |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-17-08 04:50 PM Response to Reply #35 |
46. in other words- you can't prove your original statement. |
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Flatulo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-17-08 05:19 PM Response to Reply #46 |
52. Oh fer chrissake, you can't spend .2 seconds looking it up yourself? |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-17-08 05:54 PM Response to Reply #52 |
57. those don't do anything to prove what you said... |
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Flatulo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-17-08 06:42 PM Response to Reply #57 |
66. I think you meant to reply to a different post. I didn't state that |
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davekriss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-16-08 10:59 PM Response to Original message |
20. Simple, really |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-17-08 03:59 AM Response to Original message |
22. see "Cloverfield" |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-17-08 05:24 AM Response to Original message |
24. Because if you want peace, prepare for war. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-17-08 12:53 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. if washington didn't need a maintenance crew for his horse- |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-17-08 01:55 PM Response to Reply #28 |
37. Not necessarily |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-17-08 04:42 PM Response to Reply #37 |
42. preparing to defend your country is different than preparing to project war on others. |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-17-08 04:50 PM Response to Reply #42 |
47. Exactly |
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Flatulo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-17-08 05:30 PM Response to Reply #47 |
54. That's the Swiss model. Their citizenry is so well trained and armed |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-17-08 06:30 PM Response to Reply #54 |
65. geography is probably the best thing they have going for them... |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-17-08 06:25 PM Response to Reply #47 |
64. that's pretty much what i'm talking about too. |
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Flatulo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-17-08 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
27. Armies are needed to protect the interests of empires. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-17-08 12:59 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. "The cost will eventually bankrupt us, as it did to the Romans." |
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Flatulo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-17-08 01:06 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. Self-interest trumps benevolence every time. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-17-08 04:48 PM Response to Reply #34 |
45. but the way we conduct ourselves is not in our countries long-term best interest |
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Flatulo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-17-08 05:28 PM Response to Reply #45 |
53. I'm trying to answer your question, not justify the strategy. |
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DadOf2LittleAngels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-17-08 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
32. Jeopary Answer: |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-17-08 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
39. we need it so that the owners of this country can continue to run the extortion racket |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-17-08 04:58 PM Response to Reply #39 |
50. Bingo! That's precisely it! (nt) |
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genie_weenie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-17-08 04:33 PM Response to Original message |
40. Because you would have to pay taxes to a foreign power |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-17-08 04:46 PM Response to Reply #40 |
44. even the british don't pay taxes to the monarchy. |
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jmg257 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-17-08 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
48. Because Whenever Governments mean to invade the rights and liberties of the people, they always... |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-17-08 04:59 PM Response to Reply #48 |
51. Another Bingo! Excellent post! (nt) |
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jmg257 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-17-08 05:38 PM Response to Reply #51 |
56. Cheers! Thanks.. nt |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-17-08 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
49. With enough nuclear weapons to turn the entire planet into a cinder a huge standing army is insane |
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ileus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-17-08 05:33 PM Response to Reply #49 |
55. People won't let us use nukes to swat flys....just saying....nukes are "end-alls" |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-17-08 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
59. To protect us from Blackwater and other private corporate mercenaries |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-17-08 06:01 PM Response to Original message |
60. That's true. The Army hasn't REALLY been needed since WWII. |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-17-08 06:06 PM Response to Reply #60 |
61. Kosovo |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-17-08 06:08 PM Response to Original message |
62. But, how else will we spread our corporate imperialism around the globe? |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-17-08 06:10 PM Response to Original message |
63. Because we are the world's hegemon and we have been since World War II |
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