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To: bentway who wrote (363100)12/16/2007 5:29:54 PM
From: combjelly  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1586426
 
"The Founding Fathers that Bruce is so fond of citing didn't believe we should have a standing army. "

In some respects, quoting the FF's is like quoting the Bible. They covered such a broad area that if you sift through their works enough, you can find something that you can at least claim supports your viewpoint...

"Who's really going to attack us? "

Well, if you ever saw "Red Dawn", the Soviets and the Cubans could have pushed up through Mexico.