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To: guitarplayer1953

I’m not sure what he truly believes, but I am of the belief that our federal government has one primary mission, and that SHOULD be the defense of our country, and if that means having an enormous and costly military whose primary purpose nowadays may be deterrence, I’m all for it.

Of course, our military should be prepared for practically any situation, including being able to handle two “wars” at once if necessary.

However, our military should also be prepared to call up, through a draft, whatever numbers are necessary in a major conflict, but of course that should probably only be as a last resort.

In the end, I’m NOT of the opinion our military is a tool used to force our “doctrine” upon the rest of the world, and indeed that would be foolish in the extreme, particularly with the weapons of war now available on any “side”.

Once again, the left is gutting our military and shifting those resources to , what else, entitlements. I wonder how our founding fathers would feel about THAT.


11 posted on 01/03/2012 8:34:40 PM PST by Pox (Good Night. I expect more respect tomorrow.)
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To: Pox

You nailed it. Call the boys back at the Office and request after action report.


55 posted on 01/04/2012 4:57:56 AM PST by StonyBurk (ring)
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