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In reply to the discussion: The Military ruined this country [View all]unhappycamper
(60,364 posts)9. Well said.
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Most of the modern tech we have today came from military related research is indisputable
ProgressiveProfessor
Nov 2012
#49
So still haven't absorbed all those examples of military tech we use every day? (nt)
jeff47
Nov 2012
#111
And why is it that if they are so good at innovation and invention they never managed
Generic Other
Nov 2012
#117
This was done to us on purpose. The PTB decided that the US working class was too uppity.
Romulox
Nov 2012
#2
All of a piece. Detroit was sacrificed to the East, for example, for military basing rights...
Romulox
Nov 2012
#5
How many of those in Congress and in the White House are, directly or indirectly, stockholders in
AnotherMcIntosh
Nov 2012
#3
How come no one ever thanked a draft dodger for their sevice for their country?
bahrbearian
Nov 2012
#32
Actually, I know one Viet Nam vet who *has* thanked draft dodgers for the very reason you state.
ieoeja
Nov 2012
#80
It's not the military. It's the corporations run by the Daddy Warbucks that have ruined the country.
Texin
Nov 2012
#11
Contrarian view: Keynes once famously said it was preferable to have citizens dig holes
coalition_unwilling
Nov 2012
#13
On that, I think most of us can agree. I wanted to be sure that people understand
coalition_unwilling
Nov 2012
#23
If you're a draftee, I am 100% behind your getting all the benefits and medical care you need.
byeya
Nov 2012
#19
Includes the ultimate betrayal Botique Wars to justify MIC. Like the one Repubs want in Libya.
patrice
Nov 2012
#21
The military costs precisely as much or as little as our elected representatives allow.
AtheistCrusader
Nov 2012
#27
Bingo. We elected the people who decide how much gets spent on the military.
slackmaster
Nov 2012
#30
And how do these politicians come to this conclusion? The military tells them.
Arctic Dave
Nov 2012
#41
The Commander in Chief of the military also happens to be a person that we elected
slackmaster
Nov 2012
#65
I don't think that will work, but we should consider offering a parallel Dept of Peace with all of
patrice
Nov 2012
#33
Cutting the military's money supply is the last taboo in politics. But the adults must do it.
ancianita
Nov 2012
#39
Who is the "we"? The private sector miltary contractors or the actual troops? I know that
ancianita
Nov 2012
#116
Yes but I want to make the point that there is nothing inherently wrong with the military
elleng
Nov 2012
#85
it would be virtually impossible for another country to invade and hold the u.s.
BlueMan Votes
Nov 2012
#94