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Originally Posted by HiFi
And how would you have done it differently mr. arm chair general?
The western militaries have learned, and are now taking extreme measures so no "collateral casualties" occur.
In other words, they grew a conscience. Women, children and refugees are no longer on wanton target lists. Dresden was an unindicted war crime for which they was no excuse or reason.
The western militaries have learned, and are now taking extreme measures so no "collateral casualties" occur.
In other words, they grew a conscience. Women, children and refugees are no longer on wanton target lists. Dresden was an unindicted war crime for which they was no excuse or reason.
Your terms 'collateral casualties' and 'wanton targets' are not lining up. Which is it?
So true. Thank conservatives with their obsession to "privatize" every service (for maximum profit) whilst demonizing the Federal govt.
Privatization is not done with the idea of 'maximum profit.' Conservatives like to do it where possible in order to reduce costs to taxpayers. So that we don't end up with things like a $9.50 Amtrak cheeseburger that costs $16 to make, leaving taxpayers to pay the $6.50 difference--a scenario that does not seem to trouble liberals in the least.
Sweden has adopted a voucher system for K-12 education ( privatization). New Zealand and Australia have also been moving towards privatization after years of public sector failures. Only in the US is a $9.50 cheeseburger that costs $16 to produce not seen as a problem by liberals.
Canada certainly is culturally and ethically diverse, probably even more so than the USA. Comoparable personal taxes, less corporate taxes, taxpayer funded universal healthcare tht 96% of Canadians wouold not want changed as comapred to the US, and our budget will be balanced this year, and the debt paid down. That is not even on the horizon for the US.
Germany has had a large influx of non- ethic Germans, and we all know how well it is and has been doing.
Both have a lot less crime rate than the US, and certainly incarcerate less. The US incarceration and execution rate is worse than many third world countries and some dictatorships.
based on what?......the U.S. has more Latinos, African decent, Asians and European decent than Canada.
Canada has a very high cost of living, high cost of housing and high insurances.....that universal healthcare is not free after all.
Canada's GDP's is 1/16 of the United States....they better balance their budget and pay down their debt.
the GDP TO DEBT RATIO of the U.S. is 73%....Canada is 84%.
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