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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 08:10 PM Original message |
Why Do We Need A Strong Defense? |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 08:12 PM Response to Original message |
1. That's why I like the idea of Strength Through Peace |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 08:12 PM Response to Original message |
2. I'm with you. And I'd like to add, enough of this business of the |
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Birthmark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 08:13 PM Original message |
The peace dividend is being spent... |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 08:16 PM Response to Original message |
6. Iraq Never Attacked Us |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 08:13 PM Response to Original message |
3. because defense contractors like to sell their wares abroad and at home. |
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Mojambo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 08:14 PM Response to Original message |
4. Empires require armies. n/t |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 08:14 PM Response to Original message |
5. I think there is a such thing as a strong defense and preemptive |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 08:21 PM Response to Original message |
7. We need a strong defense, but what we don't need |
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I work for workers (551 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
8. Because the US is the guarantor of global |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 08:47 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. Why Does The US Need To Be The Guarantor of Global Trade |
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I work for workers (551 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 09:16 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Most nations don't want to help. |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 09:50 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Then They Should Pay For The Protection |
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I work for workers (551 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 10:03 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Your preaching to the choir. |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 10:13 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Or We Can Just Not Pay For It Any More |
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I work for workers (551 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 10:19 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. It's not our obligation, it's our interest. |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 10:31 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. It's Not "Our" Interests |
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JosephSchmo (76 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 08:30 PM Response to Original message |
9. We need a strong defense. We don't need what we currently have |
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Rageneau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 08:40 PM Response to Original message |
10. We DO NOT need a strong defense. |
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Dukkha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 08:43 PM Response to Original message |
11. because the whole world hates us |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 08:44 PM Response to Original message |
12. That's because it's offense, not defense. |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 08:48 PM Response to Original message |
14. It's a smoke/mirrors trick called the National Security State/military-industrial complex |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 08:50 PM Response to Original message |
15. Because bullies are cowards. |
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bonito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 10:15 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. What you said. |
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Jade Fox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 10:21 PM Response to Reply #15 |
23. check this out.... |
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Jade Fox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 10:19 PM Response to Original message |
22. This explaination works for me.... |
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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 10:23 PM Response to Original message |
24. Because they hate our freedom. |
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ileus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 11:15 PM Response to Original message |
26. It's called the American paranoid complex. |
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