[UnBlinkingEye]

Me: What is the purpose of the Department of Defense?

You: To wage war.

No doubt. Although I think Constitutionally there mission should be to protect our borders and nation.

[discostu]

No, DOD doesn't exist in the constitution. DOD is a department formed by the fed gov to do everything that they thought at that time would be part of national security. On 9-11 we found out that wasn't the whole pie.

[jwalsh07]

I disagree, they should not be a police force, they should be trained to wage war and kill our enemies which is why I love what Bush did tonight.