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« Reply #1 on: February 25, 2012, 06:38:PM » |
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Good to know he is the choice of something.
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« Reply #2 on: February 25, 2012, 08:16:PM » |
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I wonder how Congressman Paul will repay the troops if he gets elected. My guess is that he'll freeze their pensions, start drumming everyone out for BS reasons (which is already starting to happen), close down all OCONUS installations and most CONUS installations and award some nice sized contracts to Private Military Companies.
Not exactly quid pro quo...
LORs and Article 15s are falling from the sky. PT standards are being raised. Reenlistments being denied.
We're watching U.S. military power atrophy before of our very eyes.
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« Reply #3 on: February 25, 2012, 10:42:PM » |
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Yeah, but it's nice to know when whose side they are on.
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Walty
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« Reply #4 on: February 27, 2012, 01:17:PM » |
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I wonder how Congressman Paul will repay the troops if he gets elected. My guess is that he'll freeze their pensions, start drumming everyone out for BS reasons (which is already starting to happen), close down all OCONUS installations and most CONUS installations and award some nice sized contracts to Private Military Companies.
Not exactly quid pro quo...
LORs and Article 15s are falling from the sky. PT standards are being raised. Reenlistments being denied.
We're watching U.S. military power atrophy before of our very eyes.
OR, he'll bring them home from wars that they either don't believe in or don't believe are winnable. Then he'll position them in the US, with their families, where they can be of real value to our national defense, bolstering it in case of danger. He will also place a good number along the border, to secure our ourselves from illegal immigration. Nice try, bud, but Ron Paul is not for cutting defense in any way, shape, or form. He is pro-Defense. It's just that "defense" is used for offense these days. |
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« Reply #5 on: February 27, 2012, 02:25:PM » |
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OR, he'll bring them home from wars that they either don't believe in or don't believe are winnable. Then he'll position them in the US, with their families, where they can be of real value to our national defense, bolstering it in case of danger. He will also place a good number along the border, to secure our ourselves from illegal immigration.
Nice try, bud, but Ron Paul is not for cutting defense in any way, shape, or form. He is pro-Defense. It's just that "defense" is used for offense these days.
N-F does raise a point, though. Is maintaining our entire army at home really an economically viable alternative? If Dr. Paul is elected, I would care to be we'd see a lot of discharges handed down. |
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Walty
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« Reply #6 on: February 27, 2012, 02:36:PM » |
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OR, he'll bring them home from wars that they either don't believe in or don't believe are winnable. Then he'll position them in the US, with their families, where they can be of real value to our national defense, bolstering it in case of danger. He will also place a good number along the border, to secure our ourselves from illegal immigration.
Nice try, bud, but Ron Paul is not for cutting defense in any way, shape, or form. He is pro-Defense. It's just that "defense" is used for offense these days.
N-F does raise a point, though. Is maintaining our entire army at home really an economically viable alternative? If Dr. Paul is elected, I would care to be we'd see a lot of discharges handed down. Why would it not be economically viable? RP wants to slash government power and spending in almost every area EXCEPT defense. Defense is one of the very few things that the federal government should have power over and should be spending money on. I believe very strongly in national defense and military spending. It should just, you know, be used to actually protect the country and not put it into further danger. If the government merely spent money on the military and infrastructure, our economy would be in an entirely different position. |
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« Reply #7 on: February 27, 2012, 04:25:PM » |
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Why would it not be economically viable? RP wants to slash government power and spending in almost every area EXCEPT defense. Defense is one of the very few things that the federal government should have power over and should be spending money on. I believe very strongly in national defense and military spending. It should just, you know, be used to actually protect the country and not put it into further danger.
If the government merely spent money on the military and infrastructure, our economy would be in an entirely different position.
But if we were merely protecting ourselves, would we really need such a preponderance of troops? It doesn't make sense (to me, anyway) to maintain such a huge force unless you are projecting power. Has Dr. Paul said that he would maintain the military at current operational levels? ETA: Of course, Dr. Paul might be thinking of projecting power internallly... |
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"And so, Lord, do you, who do give understanding to faith, give me, so far as you knowest it to be profitable, to understand that you are as we believe; and that you are that which we believe." -- St. Anselm of Canterbury (1033-1109)
"But Christianity preaches an obviously unattractive idea, such as original sin; but when we wait for its results, they are pathos and brotherhood, and a thunder of laughter and pity; for only with original sin we can at once pity the beggar and distrust the king." -- G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936)
"The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist." Baudelaire and Verbal Kint from The Usual Suspects
"I'm a practicing Catholic; I'm practicing until I get it right." Martin Sheen
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TeaGuyTom
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« Reply #8 on: February 27, 2012, 04:36:PM » |
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Needless to say, all the major news networks blacked this event out so that the average voter couldn't see it. The coalition between the media and establishment to make Paul lose is so blatant, you have to be a caveman to miss it. Heck, Megyn Kelly had a focus group on the day after the last debate and constantly interupted the the speakers who were praising Paul and slamming Santorum's flip flops. She actually made excuses for his voting of the Title X family planning pap. Between the doings of the media and the GOP establishment's tricks in the recent caucuses, its clear they fear this guy. If the corrupt government fears this humble wise old man, then he gets my support 100%. |
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« Reply #9 on: February 27, 2012, 05:19:PM » |
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I wonder how Congressman Paul will repay the troops if he gets elected. My guess is that he'll freeze their pensions, start drumming everyone out for BS reasons (which is already starting to happen), close down all OCONUS installations and most CONUS installations and award some nice sized contracts to Private Military Companies.
Not exactly quid pro quo...
LORs and Article 15s are falling from the sky. PT standards are being raised. Reenlistments being denied.
We're watching U.S. military power atrophy before of our very eyes.
This is no bad thing given the use of the US army to fight offensive wars of immense destruction against women,children and stone throwers for the needs and agendas of foreign nations that don't have any positives for main-street USA.A smaller military stationed at home and covering all aspects of border security can and will keep the homeland safe.Despite the war on terror and decades of warring overseas we have never been more vulnerable and given how stretched the military is these days a concerted attack by the Reds would be mean it would be over for us in a very short span here in Der Homeland. |
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