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Politics : View from the Center and Left
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To: Steve Lokness who wrote (177951)12/25/2011 1:20:05 PM
From: koan  Read Replies (3) of 543802
 
<<<Obama just recently extended our military presence into Australia. He has bought into the Industrial Military Complex. How is it if republicans are part of the Military Industrial Complex they are evil but if democrat politicians do the same, democrats turn a blind eye? >>

I can answer that. Because the Republicans embrace the military industrial complex. The Democrats know it is bad, but can't do much about it. The people still reward politicians that get in bed with the military and will not vote for people who want to cut defense.

As an example most of the dems that voted to authorize Bush to go into Iraq did not want to, but knew if they didn't the people would most likely vote them out in the next election.

In polls, the people still put the military as the most trusted organization.

<<You are completely misrepresenting Paul's military policy. He wants to return America to a defensive strategy - you know like in Department of Defense. That means you don't do nation building but are ready to defend if attacked. Tell me what damn sense it makes to spend as much as the rest of the world combined? It is shear insanity!>>

Paul is an isolationist, who would probably have resisted going into WWII. There are times when we need to do nation building like Japan and Germany after WWII.

Paul is a small minded crazy person and even the crazy Republicans know that. He is also paranoid and does not have a good grasp of reality e.g. his fear of African American's and conspiracy's and his lack of empathy. He is sort of Glenn Beck light.
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