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TahitiNut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-26-06 05:00 PM
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5. I think what's called-for is smaller (and more moral) military ASSpirations.
Edited on Tue Dec-26-06 05:02 PM by TahitiNut
Put a loaded automatic pistol on the desk in the Offal Orifice and, pretty soon, someone will use it offensively before it's used defensively.

It's the difference between 'opportunity' and 'necessity,' imho.
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  -Does the USA need a bigger or smaller military? NNN0LHI  Dec-26-06 04:46 PM   #0 
  - half to 1/3 current size  maxsolomon   Dec-26-06 04:51 PM   #1 
  - You have the talent of telling hard truths with few words.  Commie Pinko Dirtbag   Dec-26-06 04:55 PM   #2 
  - It needs a smaller army.  WHEN CRABS ROAR   Dec-26-06 04:59 PM   #3 
  - A different one: more conscripts, fewer mercenaries.  Ron_Green   Dec-26-06 04:59 PM   #4 
  - Amen to that.  WHEN CRABS ROAR   Dec-26-06 05:13 PM   #7 
  - I think what's called-for is smaller (and more moral) military ASSpirations.  TahitiNut   Dec-26-06 05:00 PM   #5 
  - We can not sustain the current operations tempo with the current military  MGD   Dec-26-06 05:11 PM   #6 
  - I really don't know  The Traveler   Dec-26-06 05:15 PM   #8 
  - Don't kid yourself! The republican plan is to privatize the military!  B Calm   Dec-26-06 05:18 PM   #9 
  - So that explains why we gave the Chinese a guided tour!  HypnoToad   Dec-26-06 05:30 PM   #10 
  - Much much bigger  Jcrowley   Dec-26-06 06:08 PM   #11 
  - Simpler times?  DiktatrW   Dec-26-06 06:14 PM   #12 
  - Let me see if I can get this right. I'm not sure that we, America, maybe should not be allowed  madokie   Dec-26-06 06:17 PM   #13 
  - Cut the military budget down by about 90%, to a true defensive posture.  Peace Patriot   Dec-26-06 07:34 PM   #14 
  - We already have the 2nd largest, and most expensive, military, in the world.  Tierra_y_Libertad   Dec-26-06 07:43 PM   #15 
  - Bush has already made it smaller  mtnsnake   Dec-26-06 07:47 PM   #16 
  - Smaller and better managed.  porphyrian   Dec-26-06 07:53 PM   #17 
 

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