02-12-2008, 11:38 PM
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The future is unwritten
Join Date: Oct 2002
Posts: 71,105
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Originally Posted by Ibram
Its not our military, as anything but a deterrent. Which once more brings us back around to, i'm against the idea of using the military except in cases of actual invasion. Reduce it to a national guard force, not an international police force (or, alternatively, armed gang).
They arent doing it for the same reason we aren't forcibly making china a democracy. Its a pipe dream, a fantasy, not a realistic short-term goal.
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Originally Posted by classicman
I too agree with that statement, but that is not at all what I took out of his original one. Sorry for any misinterpretation.
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Neither did I.
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