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rdean
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Bernie says a lot of things I agree with, there is no doubt about that.
But there are some issues that I can't get over. Certainly I'm not a hawk, but I'm hardly a dove. Everyone here knows how strongly I believe in the draft. For one, it's a leveler. When the sons of the wealthy have to do their share, they get to know people not so well off. The see the other side. They learn what it means to support this country. When Romney said none of his sons served in Iraq because they were already doing something important, helping him get elected, it shows how brainwashed the GOP is letting him get away with that. Romney should have been publicly bitch slapped for such a statement.
I never entirely disagreed with the Bush Doctrine. If another country threatened us, and was making plans to harm us and we could PROVE IT, fuck 'em. Bomb 'em. Don't wait. But you need proof first. And it better be REAL proof. Not that fake stuff Bush gave us.
The US is THE world leader and we need a strong military to maintain that position. But it doesn't need to be stronger than all the world combined twice over. It needs to be sensible. Bernie would have us emasculated if I understand him correctly. If we need to stop genocide if it happens (like the Christians in Iraq). We need to have the force to be able to step in. Remember Kosovo?
After the Iraq fiasco, I would never vote for any of the current Republicans. Only Trump is calling Iraq what it is, a fiasco. And the fact that Bush and the GOP stood by and watched Christians get slaughtered and bombed and chased out of their country and did nothing is a disgrace. Iraq is the worst fiasco in American history. And many Republicans are so ignorant and fucked up, they still say we "almost won". How anyone could be that stupid, I'll never know.
And Bernie's "Education Plan" seems like no plan at all. Just throw money like a bean bag playing cornhole. Obama's targeted policy including "go slow" makes much more sense. Get business working with government to make Jr. College and Technical Schools free. Make the credits transferable. Those that continue on could find the cost cut in half. The ones that don't continue on will find themselves in position for a nice paying middle class job requiring skills which they already have. The go slow approach makes the most sense of all. Improve what works, pull back on what doesn't, which is targeted spending and getting what you paid for. Something Republicans refuse to give Obama credit for.
And we know why I would never vote for any of the GOP candidates. Dropouts, closet cases, they cut education, failed CEO. Every one of those idiots are bad through and through.
But there are some issues that I can't get over. Certainly I'm not a hawk, but I'm hardly a dove. Everyone here knows how strongly I believe in the draft. For one, it's a leveler. When the sons of the wealthy have to do their share, they get to know people not so well off. The see the other side. They learn what it means to support this country. When Romney said none of his sons served in Iraq because they were already doing something important, helping him get elected, it shows how brainwashed the GOP is letting him get away with that. Romney should have been publicly bitch slapped for such a statement.
I never entirely disagreed with the Bush Doctrine. If another country threatened us, and was making plans to harm us and we could PROVE IT, fuck 'em. Bomb 'em. Don't wait. But you need proof first. And it better be REAL proof. Not that fake stuff Bush gave us.
The US is THE world leader and we need a strong military to maintain that position. But it doesn't need to be stronger than all the world combined twice over. It needs to be sensible. Bernie would have us emasculated if I understand him correctly. If we need to stop genocide if it happens (like the Christians in Iraq). We need to have the force to be able to step in. Remember Kosovo?
After the Iraq fiasco, I would never vote for any of the current Republicans. Only Trump is calling Iraq what it is, a fiasco. And the fact that Bush and the GOP stood by and watched Christians get slaughtered and bombed and chased out of their country and did nothing is a disgrace. Iraq is the worst fiasco in American history. And many Republicans are so ignorant and fucked up, they still say we "almost won". How anyone could be that stupid, I'll never know.
And Bernie's "Education Plan" seems like no plan at all. Just throw money like a bean bag playing cornhole. Obama's targeted policy including "go slow" makes much more sense. Get business working with government to make Jr. College and Technical Schools free. Make the credits transferable. Those that continue on could find the cost cut in half. The ones that don't continue on will find themselves in position for a nice paying middle class job requiring skills which they already have. The go slow approach makes the most sense of all. Improve what works, pull back on what doesn't, which is targeted spending and getting what you paid for. Something Republicans refuse to give Obama credit for.
And we know why I would never vote for any of the GOP candidates. Dropouts, closet cases, they cut education, failed CEO. Every one of those idiots are bad through and through.