Can you name this country?

StrangeCosmos ^ | 7/3/04

[FormerACLUmember]

Can you name this country?

709,000 REGULAR (ACTIVE DUTY) PERSONNEL.

293,000 RESERVE TROOPS.

EIGHT STANDING ARMY DIVISIONS.

20 AIR FORCE AND NAVY AIR WINGS WITH 2,000 COMBAT AIRCRAFT.

232 STRATEGIC BOMBERS.

19 STRATEGIC BALLISTIC MISSILE SUBMARINES WITH 3,114 NUCLEAR WARHEADS ON 232 MISSILES.

500 ICBMs WITH 1,950 WARHEADS.

FOUR AIRCRAFT CARRIERS AND 121 SURFACE COMBAT SHIPS AND SUBMARINES PLUS ALL THE SUPPORT BASES, SHIPYARDS,AND LOGISTICAL ASSETS NEEDED TO SUSTAIN SUCH A NAVAL FORCE.

IS THIS COUNTRY:

RUSSIA? NO

CHINA? NO

GREAT BRITAIN? NO

FRANCE? WRONG AGAIN

MUST BE USA? STILL WRONG

GIVE UP?

[FormerACLUmember]

THESE ARE THE AMERICAN MILITARY FORCES THAT WERE ELIMINATED DURING THE ADMINISTRATION OF BILL CLINTON AND AL GORE.

IMAGINE WHAT A JOHN KERRY ADMINISTRATION WOULD LOOK LIKE CONSIDERING HIS 20 YEAR VOTING RECORD AGAINST DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS STARTING WITH HIS OPPOSITION TO RONALD REAGAN'S SDI INITIATIVE [STAR WARS] WHICH LED TO THE DEMISE OF THE SOVIET UNION.

Just think about this with an open mind. This is factual information and could very well happen again if we don't get our act together. If this country gets in a defenseless position similar to what Clinton put us in the terrorists will have a field day and it won't be in Iraq.

[Bahbah]

GREAT POST!

[FormerACLUmember]

Aditional points to ponder: Have you ever wondered what happened to the 56 men who signed the Declaration of Independence? They signed and they pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor. What kind of men were they?

Five signers were captured by the British as traitors, and tortured before they died.

Twelve had their homes ransacked and burned.

Two lost their sons serving in the Revolutionary Army; another had two sons captured.

Nine of the 56 fought and died from wounds or hardships of the Revolutionary War.

Twenty-four were lawyers and jurists. Eleven were merchants, nine were farmers and large plantation owners; men of means, well educated, but they signed the Declaration of Independence knowing full well that the penalty would be death if they were captured.

Carter Braxton of Virginia, a wealthy planter and trader, saw his ships swept from the seas by the British Navy. He sold his home and properties to pay his debts, and died in rags.

Thomas McKeam was so hounded by the British that he was forced to move his family almost constantly. He served in the Congress without pay, and his family was kept in hiding. His possessions were taken from him, and poverty was his reward.

Vandals or soldiers looted the properties of Dillery, Hall, Clymer, Walton, Gwinnett, Heyward, Ruttledge, and Middleton.

At the battle of Yorktown, Thomas Nelson, Jr., noted that the British General Cornwallis had taken over the Nelson home for his headquarters. He quietly urged General George Washington to open fire. The home was destroyed, and Nelson died bankrupt.

Francis Lewis had his home and properties destroyed. The enemy jailed his wife, and she died within a few months.

John Hart was driven from his wife's bedside as she was dying. Their 13 children fled for their lives. His fields and his gristmill were laid to waste. For more than a year he lived in forests and caves, returning home to find his wife dead and his children vanished. He never saw any of his family again.

How many of us would show such sacrifice under similar circumstances today.

Some of us take these liberties so much for granted, but we shouldn't. So, take a few minutes while enjoying your 4th of July holiday and silently thank these patriots. It's not much to ask for the price they paid.

Remember: freedom is never free!

[Salvation]

Bush bump. We need our military!

[FairOpinion]

The Facts About Military Readiness (Sept. 2000 -- how Clinton slashed the military)

The size of the U.S. military has been cut drastically in the past decade. Between 1992 and 2000, the Clinton Administration cut national defense by more than half a million personnel and $50 billion in inflation-adjusted dollars. The Army alone has lost four active divisions and two Reserve divisions. The number of total active personnel in the Air Force has decreased by nearly 30 percent. In the Navy, the total number of ships has decreased from around 393 ships in the fleet in 1992 to 316 today. Even the Marines have dropped 22,000 personnel.

[FormerACLUmember]

Hillary, Boxer, Feinstein, Allred, Allbright, Reno, Maxine Waters...

Yikes... now that is a terrifying image.... my appetite is ruined for the nest day or so!

Hey! This is better than South Beach for losing weight!!

[VOA]

"...the 56 men who signed the Declaration of Independence..."

Those atheists (and maybe a few deists)?
(according to today's textbooks and Democratic-Socialists)

[the_Watchman]

This one is a little off base. When Bill Clinton came to the presidency the Soviet Union had just dissolved before our eyes. The level of threat was greatly reduced.

I think it is very appropriate to argue that the economic progress seen under Clinton, such as approaching a balanced budget, was due to prior Republican administrations. However, I believe that any President would have, and probably should have, reduced our general level of armament.

[FormerACLUmember]

Statistical bump!

[eastforker]

Ahemmm!!!! Just joined today.

[al baby]

hey you wont be here long but independence aint cheap it priceless

have a nice day

[Just mythoughts]

" However, I believe that any President would have, and probably should have, reduced our general level of armament."


Wasn't that called a "peace" dividend by the stupid liberals. What they did was not "reduce our general level of armament", more aptly called a gutting.

[Mister Baredog]

What we need is Hillary for President!

You cannot be series? LOL!

[FormerACLUmember]

I guarantee you these were 100% God fearing men. The atheists if there were any were on the other side!

[wagglebee]

Bump!

[Vinnie]

You forgot the

'/sarcasm'

(I hope)

[FormerACLUmember]

bump ya back!

[M Kehoe]

Bad choice of a screen name.

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