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« Reply #15 on: March 25, 2003, 06:16:38 PM »
As long as USA is number one I don\'t give a rats shit who is number 2.

Thank God for Reagan.

I wonder what our military would be like if he didn\'t pump so much cash into it.
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« Reply #16 on: March 25, 2003, 10:28:02 PM »
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As long as USA is number one I don\'t give a rats shit who is number 2.

Thank God for Reagan.

I wonder what our military would be like if he didn\'t pump so much cash into it.
Thank God for Reagan?

Yeah, wouldn\'t it be an awful disaster if we only spent twice as much as our closest competitor on our military, instead of six times as much?  What damn difference would it have made?  We already know that we didn\'t need our huge arsenal to defend us against the Russians, which was Reagan\'s reason for the 80\'s buildup.  It\'s not enough that we have superiority, we have to have ENDLESS, MEGA superiority.

We spend an obscene amount of money on this military, while 32 million of our citizens live in poverty.  The poverty rate continues to rise every year, now over 11%  The spending spree hasn\'t been so beneficial for some of our people, but it has been a great ride for the defense contractors.  Oh wait, I thought some of that money was supposed to "trickle down..."  Wasn\'t that another of Reagan\'s contributions of economic wisdom?  :rolleyes:
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« Reply #17 on: March 26, 2003, 04:11:39 AM »
Reagan\'s economic wisdom led to Clinton\'s success.  If you think the economy was great because of Clinton then you have some thinking to do.
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« Reply #18 on: March 26, 2003, 11:15:36 AM »
That has nothing to do with it.  We spent too much on our military, and did to little to help the poor and middle class during Clinton\'s terms as well.  In general, there is little difference between the republican and democratic presidents on this issue.  It\'s like two shades of grey... Clinton & Gore opposed deployment of the ridiculous Star Wars missile defense, whereas Bush wants it built as fast as possible, even if it can\'t be proven that it works.  HOWEVER, Clinton did not kill the program... the research continued under his term because he couldn\'t truly say no to any pork barrel defense contract.

We need to look at our military NEEDS a little more sanely.
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« Reply #19 on: March 26, 2003, 06:41:21 PM »
Coredweller, remember that when Reagan pumped so much money in the military, we were "fighting" the Soviets and a war could have broken out at any time. the USSR also was pumping mass amounts of money into their military. If one side gained more superiority to the other, its curtains for the less advanced...if a war broke out.
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« Reply #20 on: March 26, 2003, 07:27:37 PM »
I\'d say that the US made it out of the cold war just a tad better than the Russians.

But apprently the Russians made out alright since they were able to sell a lot of their weapons to Iraq.
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« Reply #21 on: March 27, 2003, 07:47:02 PM »
Support Reagan, he was the greatest prez in the history of the USA. :D

The best armies on this planet:

1) USA
2) Russia
3) China
4) England
5) India/Pakistan (nuke happy)

Honorable mention goes to:

Canada:
Total troops: 28,480
Total Vehicles: 847
Total Jets: 48
Total air planes: 23
Total Boats: 18
43948 metric tons of bacon...
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