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In reply to the discussion: The grand grotesquery of the U.S. military - By Mark Morford [View all]NM_Birder
(1,591 posts)38. kind of a slippery isn't it ?
Now you advocate, military, police "or some other community service". you've already skipped off your own track. You wanted people to be forced to serve in the military to improve it, you seem to be recognizing that is a terrible idea.
Wait a minute, are you suggesting there are more people unemployed than that fantastic number of 5.8% suggests ? Are you cheering being lied to for love of political party, while at the same time recognizing that the economy is worse than you are being told ?
Stay on your original point, ...forced military service would go a long way to solve problems. YOU said that. Doesn't sound so good when you have to think about it does it ?
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If we can't afford to educate our children, to heal our sick or care for our elderly ...
Scuba
Feb 2015
#6
All the military might has to be used or some may take notice of the obscene waste.
Fred Sanders
Feb 2015
#11
The defense budget is defending the wealth and income and growing the wealth and...
stillwaiting
Feb 2015
#24
Wouldn't it be awesome if we paid those military contractors to do GOOD in the world
think
Feb 2015
#8
While it may be pie in the sky I truly hope you get the chance someday. Thank you for the response!
think
Feb 2015
#20
"Prussia is not a state that has an army, but an army that has a state." Mirabeau
Tierra_y_Libertad
Feb 2015
#12
You think mandatory service, would not only improve the military operational capabilities,
NM_Birder
Feb 2015
#32