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Originally Posted by verklingen
no, because any military force can be used much more effectively for defense than for offense. that's the oldest truism in the book. we made the mistake of thinking otherwise once. anyone who thinks it again will be laughed at. i laugh at you for still thinking it. where is your head?
here's a hypothetical:
we withdraw from all foreign occupations, and begin working to solve our domestic problems. . . social, economic, whatever. then we become a strong nation with a real leg up in the world that isn't built on bullying, but instead built on cooperative trade and making a good life for our citizens. other countries catch on to this, perhaps including some arab ones which might have in the past supported al quaida type groups. those which remain in their backward ways, the same ways we abandoned when we withdrew, can be left to fight it out amongst themselves until they kill each other off or wake up. then maybe, just maybe, we might finally figure out this whole world peace thing and stop going back and forth in an endless game of king of the mountain..
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This thread was over by Wave's post but now its seriously well-done.
And word @ Prophet's post.