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Old 06-16-2014, 03:38 PM
 
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While the socialist leaders of America and her allies were cutting military budgets to the bone in order to build infrastructure, our enemies were building weapons.

Japan and Germany saw this weakness and exploited it.

Our new enemies see the same weakness.

Yes Virginia, there is an evil side in this world.
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Old 06-16-2014, 03:42 PM
 
Location: Portland, Oregon
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While the socialist leaders of America and her allies were cutting military budgets to the bone in order to build infrastructure, our enemies were building weapons.

Japan and Germany saw this weakness and exploited it.

Our new enemies see the same weakness.

Yes Virginia, there is an evil side in this world.
So you are mad about the US building a highway system? Which oddly enough happened after WW2, so it couldn't be that. So what building of infrastructure are you referring to?
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Old 06-16-2014, 04:03 PM
 
Location: Texas
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Default Lead up to WW2 all over again.

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While the socialist leaders of America and her allies were cutting military budgets to the bone in order to build infrastructure, our enemies were building weapons.

Japan and Germany saw this weakness and exploited it.

Our new enemies see the same weakness.

Yes Virginia, there is an evil side in this world.

Alert Fox News!

Call Limbaugh, Hannity and Beck!

Demand action for your congressman and senators!

You can't allow this to happen.

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Old 06-16-2014, 04:13 PM
 
Location: Stasis
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While the socialist leaders of America and her allies were cutting military budgets to the bone in order to build infrastructure, our enemies were building weapons.
You have it backwards buddy. Roosevelt (Democrat) wanted to enter the war but was opposed by isolationist Republicans opposed to fighting Hitler and opposed to lend-lease.
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Old 06-16-2014, 04:13 PM
 
Location: West Michigan
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So you are mad about the US building a highway system? Which oddly enough happened after WW2, so it couldn't be that. So what building of infrastructure are you referring to?
He can't be talking about the Interstate highway system that planned and built by the Eisenhower administration? Tell me it isn't true. Few people even remember that they were originally called 'National System of Interstate and Defense Highways' because there are sections in it that could/still can be converted to airplane landing strips in case our airports took a direct hit. Our interstate highways are important, kids, and need to be kept up.
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Old 06-16-2014, 04:20 PM
 
Location: Denver
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Germany, Japan and Italy had fanatical land grabbing leaders that no-one in power today can compare to.

US isn't down to 130k troops either we have the largest, most advanced and expensive military in the world.
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Old 06-16-2014, 04:22 PM
 
Location: Iowa, USA
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While the socialist leaders of America and her allies were cutting military budgets to the bone in order to build infrastructure, our enemies were building weapons.

Japan and Germany saw this weakness and exploited it.

Our new enemies see the same weakness.

Yes Virginia, there is an evil side in this world.
Which enemies are doing anything remotely similar to Nazi Germany or the Japanese Empire?

We still spend more on defense than any other nation on Earth, by quite a lot.

I'm not seeing a point to any of this.
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Old 06-16-2014, 05:15 PM
 
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We're cutting military budgets to the bone by spending as much as the next ten countries combined.


Uh huh.
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Old 06-16-2014, 05:32 PM
 
Location: Central Nebraska
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Germany, Japan and Italy had fanatical land grabbing leaders that no-one in power today can compare to.

US isn't down to 130k troops either we have the largest, most advanced and expensive military in the world.
Advanced and most expenssive, yes. Largest? Not by a long shot: Russia: 3,000,000; China: 2,300,000; India: 1,300,000. Have not checked other countries. Technically Russia only has 1,000,000 on active duty and 2,000,000 in reserve, but Russia has always called its reserves up at the snap of a finger.
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Old 06-16-2014, 05:35 PM
 
Location: Central Nebraska
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While the socialist leaders of America and her allies were cutting military budgets to the bone in order to build infrastructure, our enemies were building weapons.

Japan and Germany saw this weakness and exploited it.

Our new enemies see the same weakness.

Yes Virginia, there is an evil side in this world.
Not quite sure what in the world you're talking about.
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