Quote:Has this massive military ever caught five guys armed with boxcutters?
It isn't the military's job to catch men at airports with boxcutters JBR, it is the job of airport secuirty. Nice try though, you make some valid points.
Bin Ladin may well be pissed because of the last war, that's all the more reason to kill him. We'll get him, trust me
As for the Marine with all the fertalize. Common sense says bomb, but really, do we know what his intentions were. I know I will be flamed for this, because I realize how implicating it is. The Marine Corps has men within it's ranks who are crazy, every branch does, as well as every ogranization, and most every business. Big deal! I didn't lash out at the entire US when we had a complete moron for a president (Clinton, although I am sure you will say Bush is also).
I'll step up and answer the question you asked for wiz, though I am sure he will come up with one for himself. It's what I believe. I believe that we need a large military to take care of the obligations we have overseas, and keep ourselves safe. I mean, if we reduce the military, but do not remove presence from coutries such as the Korea's, Japan, Germany etc, then by lessening their numbers, they are more prone to attack. This is not acceptable. Beef up the military, take care of the problems overseas, then get home.
Also, I am not sure of your stance here, but am I correct in assuming you want a larger government? I believe that is the desire of lefties (it's been a while since I studied this crap, please excuse my ignorance to it). Let's look at history. Russia - HUGE government (although communist). Provided people no incintive to work, because they had to give their money to the government, so, basically, it encourages mediorcrity, because you can never rise above. Russia went bankrupt; end of story. Same with N. Korea now. They are begging us for money weekly (and even though I say let the little communist bastards starve till they do what we say) yea, that's right, the democracy we have, is feeding the governments you would like to be apart of. The less government we have, the more people are able to make their own decisions, thus making them more modivated to work hard (BTW, I do not support welfare except for the disabled) and earn their own keep, and make a difference.
I am sure you will shoot my post to threads as you are very intellegent, but I just wanted to throw my two cents in.