pal_of_poor
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- Aug 14, 2009
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First, we need to change the name back to The War Department, since we've not really been in defense for a long time, save a major f-up during Bush's terms. It's disingenuous to call it the DOD, when we are doing the attacking.
Second, we need to pare it down to be roughly the same as other industrialized countries, roughly 100 billion each year. That's plenty, once we extract ourselves from these unnecessary wars, and stop making enemies. Also, we need to shut about 600 of the 800 military bases, that take billions to maintain each year. We cut the number of forces, and we keep the research going, and we make damn sure we've got enough resources to gin up building if we need it. That will require that we bring a lot of the heavy businesses back to the U.S., but then we need the jobs anyway, right? It only makes good sense.
IT's crazy that we spend more than every other country on the globe added up, spends. No wonder we are neck-deep in debt, and can't afford the real things we need, education, health care, and infrastructure, to keep America and Americans strong. We're pissing it all down the drain.
Chalmers Johnson has a lot of good books on this topic, as well as many articles on the net. Also, Kevin Phillips has several that shows the futility of Empire.
Let's turn in the badge. World policeman is a thankless job, that only brings things to us like 9/11, and stokes the fires of anger in the world, which cause more conflicts. Defend US. Don't attack THEM. It's simple, and if you have to keep people from immigrating to keep out dangerous people, so be it.
Second, we need to pare it down to be roughly the same as other industrialized countries, roughly 100 billion each year. That's plenty, once we extract ourselves from these unnecessary wars, and stop making enemies. Also, we need to shut about 600 of the 800 military bases, that take billions to maintain each year. We cut the number of forces, and we keep the research going, and we make damn sure we've got enough resources to gin up building if we need it. That will require that we bring a lot of the heavy businesses back to the U.S., but then we need the jobs anyway, right? It only makes good sense.
IT's crazy that we spend more than every other country on the globe added up, spends. No wonder we are neck-deep in debt, and can't afford the real things we need, education, health care, and infrastructure, to keep America and Americans strong. We're pissing it all down the drain.
Chalmers Johnson has a lot of good books on this topic, as well as many articles on the net. Also, Kevin Phillips has several that shows the futility of Empire.
Let's turn in the badge. World policeman is a thankless job, that only brings things to us like 9/11, and stokes the fires of anger in the world, which cause more conflicts. Defend US. Don't attack THEM. It's simple, and if you have to keep people from immigrating to keep out dangerous people, so be it.