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Rage Inc. (429 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 08:29 AM Original message |
Any Other Hawks Here? |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 08:32 AM Response to Original message |
1. I'm with you. I'll note that the military has been socially progressive while the civilian world |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 08:34 AM Response to Original message |
2. Agreed. |
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rurallib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 08:35 AM Response to Original message |
3. I have always wondered how strong is strong enough? |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 08:42 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. we could slash spending and STILL have the most "kick-ass" army, if we got rid |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 08:39 AM Response to Original message |
4. How strong do you want it to be? Strength at the expense of domestic programs is no victory. |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 08:44 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. i think we could cut a ton of spending and still have the strongest military, if we were to |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 09:27 AM Response to Reply #6 |
13. and 95% of our overseas bases, which serve no purpose but to |
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Rage Inc. (429 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 08:49 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. According to THEIR figures! |
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Dogtown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 01:24 PM Response to Reply #8 |
44. And the Soviets spent themselves into collapse. |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 08:45 AM Response to Original message |
7. While I support a strong military |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 08:51 AM Response to Original message |
9. I sure ain't no pacifist |
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boomerbust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 09:05 AM Response to Original message |
10. No unrec here |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 09:17 AM Response to Original message |
11. I consider myself a Scoop Jackson Democrat, to a limit. |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 09:24 AM Response to Original message |
12. Henry Scoop Jackson is the hero to Neocons like Wolfowitz, |
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Hell Hath No Fury (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 10:50 AM Response to Reply #12 |
31. It's is disgusting that Scoop Jackson -- |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
14. The US can have a strong military - at home in the US. Close the |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 09:33 AM Response to Original message |
15. so,enlist. |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 10:16 AM Response to Reply #15 |
24. +1 |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 02:01 PM Response to Reply #15 |
49. +1 |
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Gman2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 09:46 AM Response to Original message |
16. An empire is diminished every time it projects force. |
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Bigmack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 09:48 AM Response to Original message |
17. We can't afford it! Simple... |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 09:49 AM Response to Original message |
18. K&U |
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GodlessBiker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 09:50 AM Response to Original message |
19. Detonate a nuclear bomb in NK? Really? What do you think that might do to SK? And... |
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dmallind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 09:52 AM Response to Original message |
20. Well there is nothing you say all that far from me but not really a hawk |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 10:12 AM Response to Original message |
21. Gotta keep the bogeyman of the week at bay by bankrupting the "home of brave" and killing people. |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 10:27 AM Response to Reply #21 |
28. Exactly! "War is a Racket" - But a strong military as a deterrent = good thing. |
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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 10:13 AM Response to Original message |
22. No. And you have been misled. nt |
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miscsoc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
23. I'm a crypto-hawk |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
25. don't trust the russians? what sense is that? |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
26. I don't trust the Russians OR the Chinese...i still have a hard time getting my head around.. |
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Rage Inc. (429 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 01:08 PM Response to Reply #26 |
40. Iran? No. |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 10:24 AM Response to Original message |
27. Believing in a strong military doesn't make you "A Hawk." Some of us liberals believe in that. |
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Hell Hath No Fury (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
29. Scoop Jackson? |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 10:47 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Well said. Brief and accurate. |
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Hell Hath No Fury (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
32. You oppsed a war that was the DIRECT -- |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
33. Not a hawk and I trust the Russians to do exactly what is in their own self interest |
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Grand Taurean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 11:52 AM Response to Reply #33 |
36. And we are signing a new nuclear arms/materials control treaty. |
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robdogbucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
34. Is this DU? |
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Hell Hath No Fury (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 11:59 AM Response to Reply #34 |
37. "Troll." |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 01:26 PM Response to Reply #34 |
45. Obvious troll is obvious. (n/t) |
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Grand Taurean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
35. Scoop Jackson was a proud whore of the MIC. |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 12:05 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. He was the Joe Lieberman of his day. |
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robdogbucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 12:19 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. I would not put the Senator from Boeing |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
41. Can you answer two questions? |
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Rage Inc. (429 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 02:10 PM Response to Reply #41 |
50. Fair enough |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
42. Not where I sit. |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
43. "Defending our southern border" against what? Brown people? (n/t) |
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deaniac21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
46. I'm a Carolina Chickadee |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 01:34 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. . |
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deaniac21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 01:12 PM Response to Reply #47 |
51. and proud of it! |
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Proud Liberal Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
48. I'm something less than a "hawk" but more than a pacifist |
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Spazito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
52. I hope you are lurking and enjoying a well-deserved... |
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Call Me Wesley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
53. OP left the building, |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 02:17 PM Response to Reply #53 |
56. Geeze, what took so long? That jerkoff was an obvious troll from day one. |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 02:12 PM Response to Original message |
54. "Let the unrecs fly!" |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
55. You're welcome to Scoop. He was the father of neoconservatism. |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
57. Tombstoned |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 02:22 PM Original message |
good riddance. (nt) |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 02:22 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. What's sadder is all the agreement with Now Tombstoned in this thread.... |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
59. Scoop Jackson was a neocon, and the boss of the PNACers |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
60. Dead Man Walkin'! |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
61. Well, while you might distrust the Russians, by following your path, |
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