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In reply to the discussion: Still OK to be an old time peacenik around here? [View all]EX500rider
(10,798 posts)65. We are allies with S Korea...and would be fighting to help them on the Korean peninsula
How fast they are is irrelevant, US troops on the ground would still need to knock them out.
I find the whole meme kind of silly, the weapon system you need to use to save US troops lives can't cost more then yours or the enemies yearly salary?? I doubt the troops would see it that way "Well we'd like to save your lives and knock out the tank platoon headed your way but the numbers just don't add up, sorry."
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welcome to DU from a tree hugging, social justice seeking animal loving peacenik.
Evolve Dammit
Jul 2021
#11
The senior officers at Pentagon Purchasing Dept. are all in on the rip-off pricing.
Ford_Prefect
Jul 2021
#26
Soldiers who, if not operating an enemy tank capable of killing our soldiers,
House of Roberts
Jul 2021
#17
This really gets to core of the problem. Some would rather focus on the symptom.
jalan48
Jul 2021
#39
We are allies with S Korea...and would be fighting to help them on the Korean peninsula
EX500rider
Jul 2021
#65
YES. $2.2 trillion for a 20-year war for profit is an insult to all humanity
traitorsgalore
Jul 2021
#28
Welcome! I flew combat missions in Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos .. that turrned me peacenik.
Bo Zarts
Jul 2021
#42
On this day, July 16, 1945 first atomic bomb tested. Peacenik Sir Joseph Rotblat
spike jones
Jul 2021
#53