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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH

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To: Original Mad Dog who wrote (480692)	10/23/2003 8:25:21 PM
From: American Spirit	Read Replies (1) of 769667

You're talking about the post Cold War/pre 9-11 world. That was an era when we didn't need any military build-up. Things have changed since then. When you have to re-double your efforts to root our terrorism, you have to raise defense and intelligence budgets. But once the jobs is more or less done, they can come back down again. There has been no credible threat against the USA for 20-30 years. The huge defense budgets of the Reagan era needed to be trimmed back then held in place. That got bi-partisan support. I'd say that's smart, not weak. And you don't see us lacking any jets or artillery now. What we ARE lacking though is smart leadership and an administration which cares about our troops and vets having a half-decent standard of living. We're also lacking honesty at the top. Those are both things Kerry will deliver. You assertion that all defence contracts were the responsibility of Republicans is ridiculous. The one true item is your post is that Kerry voted against the Gulf War. That was a mistake. One of the few he's ever made.

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