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Originally Posted by Pete Bleez
Sparing my slight intoxication, YOU'RE A FUCKING TROLL!
The military wants out of Iraq, hence the contributions to anti-war Ron Paul and the other 'anti-war' Democrats.
I'm ashamed that our political activism and politics forum has been overtaken by a few trolls that find it in their best interest to propagate war and tyranny by the executive branch.
Why the hell do you keep coming to these forums when you're predominately the minority? I'd appreciate some dissenting opinions, but not when they're on the extreme and completely contradictory to this forum's mission statement.
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Excuse me, but I am NOT trolling here.
The armed forces are made up of many different people who all have their own views, I obviously understand that. I said that
generally they support Republicans because historically, Republicans have been much more aware of national defense and much more willing to fund the different branches of the military. Of course there are going to be people that serve who support a wide range of parties and ideologies. I would love to see some figures concerning the donations to Dems and Ron Paul versus Repubs. I'm just speculating here, but I find it very hard to believe that Ron Paul has a large base within the military. I imagine his policies would be more destructive to the US Military than President Bill Clinton.
Also, I'm sorry you feel that way about A&P. I come here to read other peoples opinion on politics and current events as well as share my own. I'm a very opinionated person. I will be the first one to admit that my opinions are not always correct, but I am entitled to them as much as anyone else. I feel that aggressive foreign policy is what it takes to limit the destructive force of radical islamic terrorism. I feel that preventing and preparing for nuclear terrorism is of the utmost importance. What you see as propagating war and tyranny, I see as a simple mental exercise to learn something new and understanding my own views better.
As to your question of why do I come here? Like I've said a million times, purely for my own edification. I enjoy reading the opinions of people who think differently from me. I browse a few political forums that are very conservative and others that are very centrist. I really think thats the best way to be informed politically. I dont get my ideas from any one source. If I may ask, do YOU regularly post at any political forums that are very contrary to your own political views? If you dont, I recommend that you do, its far more interesting than hearing your own ideas regurgitated over and over again.
Another reason I post here is because while I obviously am in the minority when it comes to my political opinions, there is a contingent of members here who agree with me and for whatever reason dont post. Whether its because they generally dont post much on the forums period or because they feel that they would be ostracized from the community by letting their true feelings be known, I've gotten a handful of PMs from people who tell me to keep up the good fight here.
And by the way, the link works fine. I just replaced http with hxxp because I dont like hot linking to certain websites. Copy and Paste the url into your browser and replace the xx with tt. Its the WSJ.com site though so subscription is required. Not for long though, if I had to make a guess. I imagine wsj.com will be free to view online in the not to distant future.