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originally posted by: HighDesertPatriot
originally posted by: liteonit6969
a reply to: HighDesertPatriot
I feel that maybe there are some in power in America that believe they need to maintain this military industrial complex due to the enemies they have created over the years. With such an aggressive and oppressive foreign policy poorly hidden behind the media propoganda it's enemies will not rest until it burns.
If America decided tomorrow to turn to a policy of pacifism do you not think those it has kept down will not rise up and take this as a sign of weakness?
I'm just trying to get a normal sense of reasoning behind this madness.
I think you are correct in a sense, but these constant wars have been aimless, with no exit strategy. The military just goes in and bombs some stuff, kills some people, then what? They linger for years getting blown up by IEDs? That's not a military strategy, that's called "stalling" until the pentagon can cook up the next dastardly enemy that the media can then sell to the sheep.
originally posted by: Granite
originally posted by: deadeyedick
I wonder what the chances are that the majority of vehicles could get a virus that makes them not run at all?
If a country was planning on defeating the usa then that would be their first strike before landing.
I really do wonder if the wh has thought of some of this?
An EMP attack fries everything until it is re-produced with stone-age tech.
originally posted by: Quetzalcoatl14
originally posted by: HighDesertPatriot
a reply to: Granite
Is the US preparing to start WW3 or defend against enemies who are provoking? Yuge difference.
We need to go to a more defensive footing with regard to our foreign policy, IMO. Not a Ron Paul withdrawal from all foreign bases kind of footing, but certainly one where the US is much less of a bully in the middle east. The US has a power structure that includes the military industrial complex that loves to fight perpetual war and make lots of money. That has got to stop.
Um, it's clear. The US has been 1 out of 2 major aggressors over the past 60 years. With the fall of the USSR, the US is number one.
The Navy testing in Los Angeles, Vandenberg AFB unannounced has only scared the American public, not China, Russia.
originally posted by: Merinda
This wont be a WW II fueled with patriotism. All the politricks have raised a generation of very aware people whom will be torn between wanting their country to win and seeing any kind of change. In an all out scenario there would be draft riots. People will want the sons of the 1% to fight in the first wave.
Putin on the other hand, even if his country has its fair share of liberals, he can count on his patriots.
originally posted by: penroc3
a reply to: yuppa
the 4th Reich.
when all the high level Nazi's came to America to help NASA, CIA etc you think they left there ideology in Germany?
i have to agree with you that there is some merit to what you are saying