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Starlight> "But one thing's for sure, if we don't show our strength and we operate from a position of weakness, the country will be lost and our liberty and freedoms along with it."
De> Now, these countries - which I would argue are all better than the United States where "liberties and freedoms" are concerned - all have their problems. But NONE of them spends anywhere near as much time and money proving to the rest of the world how big and bad they are.
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De,
Did it ever occur to you that the reason many of those
countries do not spend nearly as much on 'defense' as
'We' do is because we do spend a LOT of money on it?
(And we have treaty obligations to help defend many
of them.)
Zim.
P.S. Defense spending and spending on Wars is not what
is bankrupting this country. Defense is part of the
United States 'mission statement' - as per the Constitution.
However, welfare in all its guises and with all its
various spending programs is NOT listed as a power or
responsibility of the federal government.
Welfare IS what is bankrupting the country.
Zim.
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