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Take it to the politics board. "OUR freedom and way of life," whatever that's supposed to mean, were never jeopardized by Iraq, for instance. Anyway, a number of posters have made the point that the service academies are not "free" in any ordinary sense. Why you continue to dispute this, who knows?

Typical Libtard. You claim not to know what "Our freedom and way of life" mean and then claim that they were never jeopardized. What military action was ever justified in your humble view?

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Typical Libtard. You claim not to know what "Our freedom and way of life" mean and then claim that they were never jeopardized. What military action was ever justified in your humble view?

We know you didn't study at a service academy with that utter lack of intellectual sophistication. Good luck to you.

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We know you didn't study at a service academy with that utter lack of intellectual sophistication. Good luck to you.

Nice deflection.

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Typical Libtard. You claim not to know what "Our freedom and way of life" mean and then claim that they were never jeopardized. What military action was ever justified in your humble view?

As a Libertarian -- No war/conflict/action since WWII.

How about you Neo-Con? I guess it is ok to put some other child in harm's way.

We should not use our military to advance our political and business agenda unless of course you are one of these White-collar Republicans that have never seen action.

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As a Libertarian -- No war/conflict/action since WWII.

How about you Neo-Con? I guess it is ok to put some other child in harm's way.

We should not use our military to advance our political and business agenda unless of course you are one of these White-collar Republicans that have never seen action.

To be clear, you're a different poster than the one who was being addressed. I didn't think the "responses" were worth a reply--though your reply is pretty good.

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As a Libertarian -- No war/conflict/action since WWII.

How about you Neo-Con? I guess it is ok to put some other child in harm's way.

We should not use our military to advance our political and business agenda unless of course you are one of these White-collar Republicans that have never seen action.

Thanks for the confirmation!

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To be clear, you're a different poster than the one who was being addressed. I didn't think the "responses" were worth a reply--though your reply is pretty good.

I am a different poster.

It unnerves me how easily our gov't put young people in harm's way. If you look at all the conflicts post-WWII they are really about business. In none of those conflicts were we attacked. We have a huge deficit trying to be the world's police.

So please tell me after attacking "the Liberals" what conflicts do you think were justified to fight? And if your child would have died in it, would you have been proud?

My father was in the military and my son is looking at going that same route. I would beside myself if he gave his life for Viet Nam, Bosnia, Iraq, Iran, Afgan, Central America, etc. -- All worthless causes.

Ron Paul -- 2008!

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I am a different poster.

It unnerves me how easily our gov't put young people in harm's way. If you look at all the conflicts post-WWII they are really about business. In none of those conflicts were we attacked. We have a huge deficit trying to be the world's police.

So please tell me after attacking "the Liberals" what conflicts do you think were justified to fight? And if your child would have died in it, would you have been proud?

My father was in the military and my son is looking at going that same route. I would beside myself if he gave his life for Viet Nam, Bosnia, Iraq, Iran, Afgan, Central America, etc. -- All worthless causes.

Ron Paul -- 2008!

We now have a volunteer military. Completely voluntary. Don't have him sign up.

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We now have a volunteer military. Completely voluntary. Don't have him sign up.

So just because it is voluntary, we have the right to put these kids in conflicts that have no threat on our sovereignty? That is not what they signed up for. They signed up to *protect* America not to fight for our right for cheap gas.

And let's not complain about taxes or our deficit so that we can be the world's police.

Our civil defense ends at our shores.

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So just because it is voluntary, we have the right to put these kids in conflicts that have no threat on our sovereignty? That is not what they signed up for. They signed up to *protect* America not to fight for our right for cheap gas.

And let's not complain about taxes or our deficit so that we can be the world's police.

Our civil defense ends at our shores.

Your son should really reconsider taking this on unless he is signing up for the Coast Guard. Your delusion is deep.

P.S. 9/11 wasn't that long ago. You remember right?

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Your son should really reconsider taking this on unless he is signing up for the Coast Guard. Your delusion is deep.

P.S. 9/11 wasn't that long ago. You remember right?

9/11 was a group criminals. No different than the Oklahoma bombing. Catch them, try them and lock them up.

Or maybe spend trillions of dollars in a 10+ year conflict, killing how many innocent people and sacrificing how many of our kids?

For what?

The thing about delusion is that the person that is delusional thinks the other person is.

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9/11 was a group criminals. No different than the Oklahoma bombing. Catch them, try them and lock them up.

Or maybe spend trillions of dollars in a 10+ year conflict, killing how many innocent people and sacrificing how many of our kids?

For what?

The thing about delusion is that the person that is delusional thinks the other person is.

The Nazis were a group of criminals too. They went unchecked and look what happened. How many more would have been killed if we allowed OBL to build his fiefdom, to recruit, to train, to plan. We chased him into the hills, into the caves. Money well spent. Again, if your desire is to be a pacifist, signing up for military service is an odd choice.

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The Nazis were a group of criminals too. They went unchecked and look what happened. How many more would have been killed if we allowed OBL to build his fiefdom, to recruit, to train, to plan. We chased him into the hills, into the caves. Money well spent. Again, if your desire is to be a pacifist, signing up for military service is an odd choice.

Germany,a sovereign state, declared war on us.

BTW -- we got OBL how many years ago? Why are we there? Why do people want to attack Syria, Egypt, Libya, etc?

And what about Kuwait, Viet Nam and Korea. Did those conflicts make us safer?

Libertarians are NOT pacifists and we are definitely NOT imperialists. We do not support initiating conflict.

Ironic, that those in favor of the pre-emptive war strategy are the first to complain that our taxes are too high.

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Germany,a sovereign state, declared war on us.

BTW -- we got OBL how many years ago? Why are we there? Why do people want to attack Syria, Egypt, Libya, etc?

And what about Kuwait, Viet Nam and Korea. Did those conflicts make us safer?

Libertarians are NOT pacifists and we are definitely NOT imperialists. We do not support initiating conflict.

Ironic, that those in favor of the pre-emptive war strategy are the first to complain that our taxes are too high.

We did our damndest to stay out of WW2. We only acted when we were attacked. Germany had been running roughsod over Europe for years. How did that strategy work out for us? 70 million people killed in that war.

Since that time, we have collectively decided that our interests are often best served by pre-emptive actions. They are rarely popular, but yes they have made us safer by holding our enemies in check. The Soviets, the Chinese, North Korea, and many countries in the Middle East would all have been much more aggressive were it not for the very real threat of a strong American response.

I have no issue paying taxes for a strong military. I do struggle with perpetual multi-generational welfare, SSI.

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We did our damndest to stay out of WW2. We only acted when we were attacked. Germany had been running roughsod over Europe for years. How did that strategy work out for us? 70 million people killed in that war.

Since that time, we have collectively decided that our interests are often best served by pre-emptive actions. They are rarely popular, but yes they have made us safer by holding our enemies in check. The Soviets, the Chinese, North Korea, and many countries in the Middle East would all have been much more aggressive were it not for the very real threat of a strong American response.

I have no issue paying taxes for a strong military. I do struggle with perpetual multi-generational welfare, SSI.

Given what is going on in the Middle East and Ukraine I thought it appropriate to bump this one.