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tama
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Sat Dec-20-08 08:22 PM Original message |
Should US demilitarize? |
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HEyHEY
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Sat Dec-20-08 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
1. Not unless everyone else does. |
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chrisa
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Sun Dec-21-08 06:50 PM Response to Reply #1 |
20. Why? |
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nadinbrzezinski
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Mon Dec-22-08 09:41 PM Response to Reply #20 |
51. I'll correct you, the EMP range, even on a high atmosphere blast |
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formercia
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Tue Dec-23-08 09:29 AM Response to Reply #51 |
70. Car computers and other 'consumer electronics.' |
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Greyhound
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Mon Dec-22-08 10:52 AM Response to Reply #1 |
28. Who is this "everyone else"? n/t |
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tiptoe
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Mon Dec-22-08 10:00 PM Response to Reply #1 |
57. Including Blackwater USA -- funded by Rummy's Iraq invasion w too-few US forces -- on each coast? nt |
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jody
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Sat Dec-20-08 08:24 PM Response to Original message |
2. We should first abolish all law-enforcement agencies and if that's successful, abolish DoD. n/t |
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rurallib
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Sat Dec-20-08 08:24 PM Response to Original message |
3. Willing to bet we could cut it in half. |
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Owl
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Sun Dec-21-08 07:00 PM Response to Reply #3 |
22. I agree. Too damn much $ wasted on death and destruction. |
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LakeSamish706
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Sat Dec-20-08 08:25 PM Response to Original message |
4. I don't think that after the past 8 years the US can demilitarize, because the.... |
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Greyhound
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Mon Dec-22-08 10:54 AM Response to Reply #4 |
30. Who? |
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mmonk
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Mon Dec-22-08 11:01 AM Response to Reply #4 |
33. We have plenty of room to do so. You're being conned by the politicians. |
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gratuitous
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Sat Dec-20-08 08:29 PM Response to Original message |
5. Oh, are you going to upset the acolytes |
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gordianot
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Sat Dec-20-08 08:29 PM Response to Original message |
6. One large thermal nuclear warhead detonated in the jetstream should do the trick. |
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Statistical
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Sat Dec-20-08 08:31 PM Response to Original message |
7. 50% more like 20% |
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Bigmack
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Sun Dec-21-08 03:22 PM Response to Reply #7 |
18. NOT a ponzi scheme.... |
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SammyWinstonJack
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Sun Dec-21-08 06:52 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Thank You! |
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tama
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Mon Dec-22-08 07:18 PM Response to Reply #18 |
38. Yes it is |
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baldguy
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Mon Dec-22-08 07:40 PM Response to Reply #38 |
43. Trouble with reading comprehension? |
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tama
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Mon Dec-22-08 08:10 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. Yes it is fraud |
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nadinbrzezinski
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Mon Dec-22-08 09:46 PM Response to Reply #45 |
54. So are your car insurance then... same logic applies and it is broken |
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tama
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Mon Dec-22-08 10:25 PM Response to Reply #54 |
58. I don't have a car. |
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nadinbrzezinski
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Tue Dec-23-08 12:34 AM Response to Reply #58 |
63. Then I have an idea for you, CHECK OUT of civilization |
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tama
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Tue Dec-23-08 09:13 AM Response to Reply #63 |
68. In the process, don't worry |
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Greyhound
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Mon Dec-22-08 10:58 AM Response to Reply #7 |
31. As previously pointed out and additionally that number is only a little more than half |
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KansDem
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Tue Dec-23-08 09:49 AM Response to Reply #7 |
71. "Why if I start a $50 Billion Ponzi scheme I go to jail..." |
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Captain Hilts
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Sat Dec-20-08 08:33 PM Response to Original message |
8. "Half?" That's a laugh. Not even during the Cold War. nt |
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tama
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Sat Dec-20-08 08:35 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Counting also |
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kenny blankenship
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Sat Dec-20-08 08:33 PM Response to Original message |
9. Suddden demiliarization of an economy in which military spending is a major feature |
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Bucky
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Sat Dec-20-08 08:35 PM Response to Original message |
10. You're talking about policy choices, not *not* supporting actual troops |
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jetphixer
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Sat Dec-20-08 08:37 PM Response to Original message |
12. GW said just this |
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Greyhound
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Mon Dec-22-08 10:59 AM Response to Reply #12 |
32. Please read "War is a Racket" by General Smedly Butler. n/t |
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Jack_DeLeon
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Sat Dec-20-08 08:37 PM Response to Original message |
13. No. |
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AnOhioan
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Sat Dec-20-08 08:47 PM Response to Original message |
14. We cannot......should not, demilitarize........ |
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Bigmack
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Sat Dec-20-08 08:51 PM Response to Original message |
15. Not the right question... |
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tama
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Sat Dec-20-08 09:08 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. I hope |
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Tierra_y_Libertad
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Sat Dec-20-08 08:57 PM Response to Original message |
16. But..but..then we couldn't play in The SuperPowerBowl!! USA!! USA!! |
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bemildred
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Sun Dec-21-08 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
19. I don't think we have much choice. nt |
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many a good man
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Sun Dec-21-08 07:21 PM Response to Original message |
23. We ought to dramatically INCREASE the military budget |
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Bigmack
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Mon Dec-22-08 10:38 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Exactly... |
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mmonk
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Mon Dec-22-08 10:54 AM Response to Reply #23 |
29. Like spying on Americans? There's lots of money and jobs in that. |
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mmonk
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Mon Dec-22-08 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
25. There needs to be some demilitarization or circumstances |
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Terry in Austin
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Mon Dec-22-08 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
26. Yes |
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Greyhound
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Mon Dec-22-08 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
27. Follow General Butler's plan and we could drop the budget about 80% and by |
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el_bryanto
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Mon Dec-22-08 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
34. Nope |
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Ani Yun Wiya
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Mon Dec-22-08 06:27 PM Response to Original message |
35. Definitely. |
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fishbulb703
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Mon Dec-22-08 06:32 PM Response to Original message |
36. Half of federal budget? You are an idiot that doesn't even know English. And no. |
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many a good man
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Mon Dec-22-08 07:14 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. It is half of the DISCRETIONARY federal budget |
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tama
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Mon Dec-22-08 07:22 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. Yup |
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leftstreet
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Mon Dec-22-08 07:32 PM Response to Original message |
40. It didn't hurt Japan |
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Thothmes
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Mon Dec-22-08 08:06 PM Response to Reply #40 |
44. thats because we assumed the responsibility |
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nadinbrzezinski
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Tue Dec-23-08 12:56 AM Response to Reply #44 |
65. Oh you go ahead and point these facts. |
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baldguy
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Mon Dec-22-08 07:34 PM Response to Original message |
41. We could cut our military budget by 50% and still have the biggest armed force on the planet. |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME
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Mon Dec-22-08 07:39 PM Response to Original message |
42. Absolutely Not. We Need To Maintain A Strong Military. |
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tama
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Mon Dec-22-08 08:11 PM Response to Reply #42 |
48. And Empire |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME
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Mon Dec-22-08 09:25 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. Why Yes, That's It Exactly. |
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Mon Dec-22-08 09:37 PM Response to Reply #49 |
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Deja Q
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Tue Dec-23-08 10:11 AM Response to Reply #42 |
73. I agree with you. |
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Crunchy Frog
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Mon Dec-22-08 08:11 PM Response to Original message |
46. I'm guessing that we won't have much of a choice, at some point. n/t |
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Mari333
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Mon Dec-22-08 08:11 PM Response to Original message |
47. absolutely de militarize. nt |
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nadinbrzezinski
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Mon Dec-22-08 09:44 PM Response to Original message |
52. No, we will REDUCE our expenditure, but NO NATION that wants to survive |
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tama
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Mon Dec-22-08 10:30 PM Response to Reply #52 |
59. Sami people |
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nadinbrzezinski
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Tue Dec-23-08 12:54 AM Response to Reply #59 |
64. No I am talking about biology |
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tama
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Tue Dec-23-08 09:11 AM Response to Reply #64 |
67. Science |
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KamaAina
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Mon Dec-22-08 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
53. No -- but it *should* "rightsize". |
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roamer65
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Mon Dec-22-08 09:48 PM Response to Original message |
55. We should switch over to a Japanese-style self defense force. |
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Pavulon
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Mon Dec-22-08 10:34 PM Response to Reply #55 |
61. we spot them a military |
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tabasco
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Mon Dec-22-08 09:52 PM Response to Original message |
56. Hell yeah! |
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tama
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Mon Dec-22-08 10:32 PM Response to Reply #56 |
60. thanks n/t |
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Ani Yun Wiya
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Mon Dec-22-08 10:50 PM Response to Original message |
62. Absolutely. |
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leftofthedial
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Tue Dec-23-08 12:56 AM Response to Original message |
66. reduce it by 80% |
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Bill McBlueState
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Tue Dec-23-08 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
69. You should have framed your question better |
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Deja Q
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Tue Dec-23-08 10:09 AM Response to Original message |
72. Pacifism only works when 100% or more of the population does it. |
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