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sabrina 1

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5. Absolutely. Once a country grows into an Empire, as history shows, people are no longer a
Fri Apr 6, 2012, 03:09 PM
Apr 2012

priority. All the 'benefits' of Empires go to the top, always. Which is why the Founding Fathers who knew a little about the subject, warned against 'foreign adventures'. We don't need to control other countries' resources, we have the ability to survive by, when necessary, buying what we need but with so many resources of our own, the claim that we need all these wars and the huge Military Budget, just doesn't make sense.

Imagine the good that could be done with all the money that is spent on weapons designed for one purpose only to destroy life.

We could probably provide free healthcare for half the world.

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