Posted by Guest (Post 1286334)

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I find it remarkable the difference between the history as rammed into our heads in school and later reading. A great book on the subject is DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT HISTORY.

You've mentioned Korea, Vietnam, Libya, Egypt, Iran, Afghanistan, Syria. There are books on each of them asking if they were necessary. Unfortunately, other than in sci fy we cannot explore what would have happened if we did or did not.

RE: what we spend on the military
Eisenhower warned to beware of the industrial military complex. Is it justified-reread my suggestion of sci-fy do-overs. We currently have 26 aircraft carriers-more than the entire rest of the world has. France has one.
That is a huge TARGET it has 2000 troops on it hundreds of airplanes and it can be sunk with ONE MISSAL. Marine grade paint is like $50 a quart. Paint on an aircraft carrier-beats me.

You mention mercenary army
As pointed out by TRUMP our alies ought to pay their FAIR SHARE. Our alies in the middle east wars, battles??????
We are paying the bulk of the costs and doing the bulk of the wounded and dead-like 80%. The few troops that France sent to Afghanistan arrived WITH NO AMMUNITION. Like you mooch friend that smokes your cigarettes as they have gotten too expensive or uses YOUR BALLS to play golf etc. We all use NATO SIZED AMMO so they USED OUR ....... The numbers are truly shocking when you discover the US gets very little oil from the middle east-our oil is domestically produced with imports mostly from CANADA and MEXICO. If, we made it OUR GOAL, we could become totally independent of middle eastern oil.

SADLY, I DO NOT HAVE THE ANSWERS BUT WE HAVE TRIED KUMBAYAH IT ONLY WORKED TILL THE EFFECT OF A JOINT WORE OFF.

Posted by Guest (Post 1286191)

Hilary Clinton just said that Christians must deny their Faith through the enforcement of laws, by stating that the Christian belief in being pro-life, and anti-abortion, must change, and that this should be done through laws and “political will.” If Christians must change Christian teachings in regards to abortion, then what Hilary Clinton is essentially saying is that Christians must deny their Faith. Hillary Clinton, speaking at the Women in the World Summit on April 23, made the statement:

Far too many women are denied access to reproductive health care and safe childbirth, and laws don’t count for much if they’re not enforced. Rights have to exist in practice — not just on paper. Laws have to be backed up with resources and political will. And deep-seated cultural codes, religious beliefs and structural biases have to be changed.

Posted by Guest (Post 1286334)

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I find it remarkable the difference between the history as rammed into our heads in school and later reading. A great book on the subject is DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT HISTORY.

You've mentioned Korea, Vietnam, Libya, Egypt, Iran, Afghanistan, Syria. There are books on each of them asking if they were necessary. Unfortunately, other than in sci fy we cannot explore what would have happened if we did or did not.

RE: what we spend on the military
Eisenhower warned to beware of the industrial military complex. Is it justified-reread my suggestion of sci-fy do-overs. We currently have 26 aircraft carriers-more than the entire rest of the world has. France has one.
That is a huge TARGET it has 2000 troops on it hundreds of airplanes and it can be sunk with ONE MISSAL. Marine grade paint is like $50 a quart. Paint on an aircraft carrier-beats me.

You mention mercenary army
As pointed out by TRUMP our alies ought to pay their FAIR SHARE. Our alies in the middle east wars, battles??????
We are paying the bulk of the costs and doing the bulk of the wounded and dead-like 80%. The few troops that France sent to Afghanistan arrived WITH NO AMMUNITION. Like you mooch friend that smokes your cigarettes as they have gotten too expensive or uses YOUR BALLS to play golf etc. We all use NATO SIZED AMMO so they USED OUR ....... The numbers are truly shocking when you discover the US gets very little oil from the middle east-our oil is domestically produced with imports mostly from CANADA and MEXICO. If, we made it OUR GOAL, we could become totally independent of middle eastern oil.

SADLY, I DO NOT HAVE THE ANSWERS BUT WE HAVE TRIED KUMBAYAH IT ONLY WORKED TILL THE EFFECT OF A JOINT WORE OFF.

Posted by Guest (Post 1286380)

Good post...:thumbup:

Posted by Guest (Post 1286421)

Your thought Christians must deny their faith.
READ THE FIRST AMENDMENT-it prevents the establishment of a STATE RELIGION. Far too many Christians refuse to realize that they believe freedom of religion is freedom to be christian.
As to pro CHOICE-making abortions legal. IT IS THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE. No one is forcing abortions.
What I am trying to say, YOU ARE ATTEMPTING TO RAM YOUR VIEWS DOWN THE THROATS OF OTHERS.

Obviously, an abortion is not an easy choice. Simply put it should be an available choice and by the way, I think that medicare, medicaid, and all insurance should be FORCED to PAY FOR ABORTIONS which they do not do now.

Posted by Guest (Post 1286421)

Your thought Christians must deny their faith.
READ THE FIRST AMENDMENT-it prevents the establishment of a STATE RELIGION. Far too many Christians refuse to realize that they believe freedom of religion is freedom to be christian.
As to pro CHOICE-making abortions legal. IT IS THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE. No one is forcing abortions.
What I am trying to say, YOU ARE ATTEMPTING TO RAM YOUR VIEWS DOWN THE THROATS OF OTHERS.

Obviously, an abortion is not an easy choice. Simply put it should be an available choice and by the way, I think that medicare, medicaid, and all insurance should be FORCED to PAY FOR ABORTIONS which they do not do now.

Posted by Guest (Post 1286492)

And you believe that I should pay for the abortions, the murdering of babies? Why? Making it legal is bad enough, but to make us pay for it is pretty despicable. How would a Jew or Muslim feel if I said that I believe that the gov should pay for my breakfast bacon and my pork spare ribs? Not as bad as murder, but still a religious violation.

But, lets be honest. You were just baiting for a response, right?