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And before America stepped in it was a peaceful oasis in the burning desert . No one got gassed, murdered, tortured, etc. The prisons were like Club Med. Yellowcake, Patty Cake , it is all the same. Any deaths of innocents at the hands of Americans was an unfortunate consequence, mostly not not by design. We also paid a heavy price.
The US Navy is the same size as it was 50 or more years ago. The problem is deployment capabilities. With more than 85 % of the fleet in use, there isn't in many people's opinion, enough reserve. We are fighting now using part time National Guard, on leave from normal jobs. I and out, 3, 4, 6 times. When they get there they are handcuffed by " rules of engagement" . When we won in the past , the only rule of engagement was kill or be killed.
You hear this in chunks from Progressives. They have backed down from finger pointing at those " evil" oil companies , because they have LOWERED their prices. You can't make a case for greed when they are putting money back in the pockets of Americans. When is the last time taxes went down because LESS had to be spent? Those Billionaires, how dare they. Unless they are sitting in jail, anything they have is their property. Inherited, earned, invested , etc. Whatever the reason, they have come out ahead. Progressives want to punish success and reward failure.
High Speed rail costs too much. You will never get the money back from fares. It will , as it always has, be highly subsidized. Europe is completely opposite of us. They use their rails for people moving, we use it to move freight. We have cheap fuel, they don't. Their highways are choked with trucks hauling freight, while our trains move massive loads over great distances.
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