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They almost certainly DO NOT want to "spend more on the military." That would mean good pay raises for active duty personnel and better benefits for veterans.
What the GOP wants is to funnel more taxpayer funds to their pals in the defense industry and to contractors like Halliburton and whatever Blackwater is calling itself this month.
Most libs don't know that it was Bill Clinton who gave then their FIRST no bid contract, or the wish to ignore it.
"Best company for the job says Bill Clinton. This should be a great idea
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In 1997, when LOGCAP was again put up for bid, Halliburton-Brown & Root lost the compebreastion to another contractor, Dyncorp. But the Clinton Defense Department, rather than switch from Halliburton to Dyncorp, elected to award a separate, sole-source contract to Halliburton-Brown & Root to continue its work in the Balkans"
we need the people and equipment to have a strong military
nato/un??? who do you think nato/un is nato/un has ZERO troops...
when """NATO""" sends troops in they TASK the other countries (ie USA) to supply those said troops
Along with the other member nations so the cost is shared.....
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much of the spending is MAINTAINING EQUIPMENT
MAINTAINING and BETTERING the BARRACKS for the SOLDIERS
PAY for the soldiers
soldiers get less and less everyyear, because of inflation.....
our soldiers are severely underpaid....
Underpaid compared to who.... Ghana?
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we need a strong READY army, ready to defend not only our physical country, but all of our countries interests
Defend it from what?
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right now you have things going on in Ukrane, Iraq, Syria, Honduras, western Africa, Latvia, Afghanistan, Egypt, Yemen , Libya
each of these requires some manpower...our military is shorthanded , especially for the dangerous jobs we have.... less than 1% of all americans have ever even joined the military....less than 4% are even QUALIFIED to join
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why do the democrats constantly want to cut the military and hurt the soldiers????
They almost certainly DO NOT want to "spend more on the military." That would mean good pay raises for active duty personnel and better benefits for veterans.
What the GOP wants is to funnel more taxpayer funds to their pals in the defense industry and to contractors like Halliburton and whatever Blackwater is calling itself this month.
My apologies, I should have titled this more accurately, you are correct.
its the fascist liberals that constantly put the soldiers and veterans down
LOL! Fascists are militant by definition.
Mussolini: "Fascism does not generally speaking believe in the possibility of utility of perpetual peace.”
You need to get your terms straightened out.
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