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Old 7th November 2009, 09:06 PM
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Originally Posted by TheNewWorldMan View Post
I'm glad Bush wasn't in office in 1941, or we'd have bombed India after Pearl Harbor.
Going by the standards of the first gulf war, this is about right. The USAF managed to account for 19% of the British fatalities. It was not entirely patriotism that the British tanks and IFVs started flying enormous Union Flags from their radio antennae.

Going back to the OP, ridiculously expensive high-tech weapons like the F22 are completely unneccesary in an anti-insurgency role, when a non-stealth fighter-bomber would be just as effective. And what's the point of buying more C17 transport aircraft when you already have more than you need now or in the future?
I'm all in favour of spending what is necessary for defence, but there ought to be practical limits.
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Old 7th November 2009, 09:24 PM
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Originally Posted by GodGunsAndGlory View Post
Veritas, you're obviously not a Republican.

Government cannot waste tax dollars on military seeing as DEFENSE is only one of three actual responsibilities of the government.
Oh wow, I never thought I'd see anyone actually admit this.

For fun, tell us the other two responsibilities.
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Originally Posted by about2blow View Post
My checks keep comin and my VA doc seems happy. But Obama is gonna change all that I need to go down to Mexico already to get some medical things done cheap. Im thinkin on movin on down there to San Felipe anyway cause I like fishin anyway

We get the DAV Magazine and try to keep apprised about veterans' issues. Health care should not affect VA health coverage or checks.
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Originally Posted by GodGunsAndGlory View Post
Government cannot waste tax dollars on military seeing as DEFENSE is only one of three actual responsibilities of the government.

Leftist nonsense.
What is the nonsense? Were you serious about the bolded section, or is that what you're calling "nonsense?" That something is a responsibility has no bearing on waste. The two concepts are not in any way related.
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Makes you wonder why Bush picked him.
A momentary attack of competence?
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Originally Posted by GodGunsAndGlory View Post
Veritas, you're obviously not a Republican.

Government cannot waste tax dollars on military seeing as DEFENSE is only one of three actual responsibilities of the government.

Leftist nonsense.
Is it "leftist nonsense" to demand that the money being spent of defense is spent on things that can actually defend us?

Case in point... suppose we decided to take Reagan's "Star Wars" missle defense system out of the trashcan and build it... We spend close to a trillion dollars building lasers that can be bounced off satillites to shoot down ICBMs...

Meanwhile, our enemies are blowing up our troops with IEDs cobbled together out of spare parts.

Do the math.
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