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Wed Mar-04-09 10:03 AM
Response to Reply #26 |
| 35. Not automatically, no, but you've got to stop the madness somewhere. |
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I'm open to ideas as to how we can use the military at home. Sure we'd have to downsize, but I'd rather see that money go into job training, unemployment, etc...
A few years ago I lived in Dallas, TX, and they were having a hard time finding police recruits. Surely the military could supply some candidates. I would imagine military medics could fill some nursing spots. We could use more good science teachers, and presumably some of these military types with technical training could fill those jobs.
There are ways to do this if we are serious about stopping the imperialism.
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| -This Country Has TOO MANY Overseas Military Bases- Shut 'Em Down and Save Some $$$$ |
Orwellian_Ghost |
Mar-03-09 06:32 PM |
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Gotta defend Aruba and Singapore from...whom exactly? |
Lydia Leftcoast |
Mar-03-09 06:36 PM |
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Connected to this: |
Orwellian_Ghost |
Mar-03-09 06:45 PM |
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Not surprising--isn't the fuel consumption of some military vehicles |
Lydia Leftcoast |
Mar-03-09 07:16 PM |
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Certainly is on ships |
Thothmes |
Mar-03-09 07:23 PM |
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Think taxes are too high? Think the fed govt is too big? Think they have too much power? |
baldguy |
Mar-03-09 06:45 PM |
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And put 200,000 soldiers out of work in this economy, no thanks. |
Fire_Medic_Dave |
Mar-03-09 08:05 PM |
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How much retraining could they get for $350 billion? |
baldguy |
Mar-03-09 08:11 PM |
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That's fine it's just not cutting anything then. |
Fire_Medic_Dave |
Mar-04-09 08:32 AM |
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It doesn't have to put them out of work - |
TBF |
Mar-03-09 10:55 PM |
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I've got no problem bringing them home. |
Fire_Medic_Dave |
Mar-04-09 08:31 AM |
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Not automatically, no, but you've got to stop the madness somewhere. |
TBF |
Mar-04-09 10:03 AM |
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That's all I'm saying. |
Fire_Medic_Dave |
Mar-04-09 10:32 AM |
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Yeah, I don't have a big argument with how he's winding down |
TBF |
Mar-04-09 10:49 AM |
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So is that why we have an empire? |
tuckessee |
Mar-03-09 11:06 PM |
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Who said that? |
Fire_Medic_Dave |
Mar-04-09 08:27 AM |
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You said not to do it merely because it would put soldiers out of |
treestar |
Mar-04-09 09:54 AM |
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How about gradually reducing the budget and troop levels as we leave Iraq... |
Fire_Medic_Dave |
Mar-04-09 10:26 AM |
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Right. So we can't let non-violent drug "criminals" loose |
eridani |
Mar-04-09 12:39 AM |
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And perhaps rethink who owns/controls the production? Well, |
TBF |
Mar-04-09 07:38 AM |
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I don't know who argued those things, you may want to address them. |
Fire_Medic_Dave |
Mar-04-09 08:33 AM |
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"But there's no danger...it's a professional career!" |
Romulox |
Mar-04-09 07:42 AM |
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Soldiers pay is a small percentage of the "Defense" budget... |
Bigmack |
Mar-04-09 08:18 AM |
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25% is not a small percentage. |
Fire_Medic_Dave |
Mar-04-09 08:25 AM |
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We might as well get out while the gettin's good |
KamaAina |
Mar-03-09 06:48 PM |
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K&R |
leftstreet |
Mar-03-09 06:49 PM |
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K & R and read "The Sorrows of Empire" by Chalmers Johnson. nt |
jwirr |
Mar-03-09 07:07 PM |
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Had to do a lot of research on this in the early 90s. Apparently |
TBF |
Mar-03-09 07:41 PM |
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Relics of the Cold War-reduce them |
Ardent15 |
Mar-03-09 07:41 PM |
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Too many military bases |
Anarandan1 |
Mar-03-09 08:03 PM |
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I've been saying this for 50 years. |
Lasher |
Mar-03-09 08:33 PM |
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Hello, 36 th Signal Detachment, 8th US Army, Camp Red Cloud. |
olegramps |
Mar-04-09 08:39 AM |
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Headquarters S 2/3, 168th Medical Battalion. |
Lasher |
Mar-04-09 09:41 AM |
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I don't know how up to date this site is |
bdamomma |
Mar-04-09 07:54 AM |
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Bring them all home. |
blindpig |
Mar-04-09 08:00 AM |
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We need them to spread more democracy |
NNN0LHI |
Mar-04-09 08:22 AM |
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Never going to happen |
notesdev |
Mar-04-09 09:14 AM |
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It ain't so much the emperor. |
blindpig |
Mar-04-09 09:43 AM |
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The members of the various think-tanks are not elected and all the same |
harun |
Mar-04-09 10:31 AM |
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Those are mere hirlings. |
blindpig |
Mar-04-09 11:19 AM |
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Now you are getting to the root of our real problem. |
harun |
Mar-04-09 12:57 PM |
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But- we gotta keep that naval base in Cuba, in case that country falls to the Commies!!! |
LeftinOH |
Mar-04-09 09:17 AM |
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I agree..."defense welfare" needs to stop... |
bdab1973 |
Mar-04-09 02:16 PM |
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Killing is an expensive addiction. |
Tierra_y_Libertad |
Mar-04-09 02:20 PM |
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This is what Ron Paul has been saying. He is right on this. nt |
thereismore |
Mar-04-09 04:20 PM |
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Broken clock syndrome. |
blindpig |
Mar-04-09 04:44 PM |
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No way. The military's only a tiny part of the budget. (Pie chart) |
Prometheus Bound |
Mar-04-09 05:14 PM |
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I'm ok with taking care of our veterans. Take away the piece of Iraq pie |
TBF |
Mar-04-09 05:59 PM |
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Frankly I'm surprised more countries haven't kicked us out. |
salguine |
Mar-04-09 06:27 PM |
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Kick, cause this can't be said often enough. n/t |
blindpig |
Mar-05-09 08:11 PM |
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