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obligations?

to who? Only ourselves. We can't provide our young to die for the world's endless problems or to install democracy. George Washington was right. If we play no favorites in the world, we would have no enemies. Be ruthless to those who attack us like Pearl Harbor and bin Laden or declare war on us like Germany.

Build fortress America and forget building a trade and military world Empire. The sun now sets for good on the British Empire and it's trade and military conquests.

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On this thread the other night you seemed to imply that we needed more troops in Iraq. Did I misread what you were saying? I am posting this article to support my belief that we need a bigger Army to fight the War on Terrorism, and I think that Iraq is a part of that war. We may need political cover like "installing democracy" to take some of the heat off in dealing with the international community, but making the country safer in the long run is the ultimate goal.