Actually we tried peace, we were attacked, a fact that most liberals and democrats keep sticking their head in the sand about and ignoring. Shall we mention your beloved Clintons “Operation Restore Credibility” aka “Restore Democracy” or the democrats getting us into WWI and WWII?
We can kill all the world population 10 times over how many times can you nuke a place before the whole world is doomed. Eisenhower was right we have to beware of the Military-industrial complex.
Let’s see, maybe if we had the defense budget at Clinton levels, 50% of today’s, and we really worked at taking that money and applying it to medical and technical research, and real “shovel ready” infrastructure we could get this country back in the running as a leader in (marketable) medical and technical innovation. We could rent out the military if Germany or Korea or Japan or Australia absolutely wanted us posted in their countries. Let the sequester go through and take those tax rates back to pre-Bush levels. Howard Dean, one of my favorite Progressives, suggested the other day on CNBC that the fear of the sequester is blown out of proportion and that it would not be that radical in it’s effect. I agree and also think that it would force this administration and congress to really get their shit together and focus on solutions to our problems, not this endless partisan bickering that prevails on all levels of our government.
The expression is “peace through superior firepower.”
Obviously you don’t appreciate the multitude of benefits to a society bent on growth through military conquest. Don’t you know how well it worked for all those countries/empires from the past? It worked so well for the Greeks, Romans, British, Napoleon, Hitler, etc, etc…
The spending cuts imposed by sequestration will be smaller than the decreases that occurred after the Korean & Vietnam Wars. We also spent more in Iraq & Afghanistan than we did in either of those wars. After that, the military budget will be increased at the rate of inflation.Our military budget is bigger than the next 13 combined! We aren’t cutting off the arrowheads, just plucking a few feathers.
Chillbilly about 11 years ago
I take it you don’t know who “the head of the military” is.
zoidknight about 11 years ago
Actually we tried peace, we were attacked, a fact that most liberals and democrats keep sticking their head in the sand about and ignoring. Shall we mention your beloved Clintons “Operation Restore Credibility” aka “Restore Democracy” or the democrats getting us into WWI and WWII?
Gary Williams Premium Member about 11 years ago
We can kill all the world population 10 times over how many times can you nuke a place before the whole world is doomed. Eisenhower was right we have to beware of the Military-industrial complex.
Gary Williams Premium Member about 11 years ago
and Republican Chick Hawks.
Mneedle about 11 years ago
You don’t have to be old to read history books.
mblase75 about 11 years ago
The cartoonist forgets that the eagle’s other leg holds an olive branch, which is also getting cut by the same amount.
mblase75 about 11 years ago
Interestingly, the eagle is supposed to be holding the arrows on its own LEFT side.
Mickey 13 about 11 years ago
Let’s see, maybe if we had the defense budget at Clinton levels, 50% of today’s, and we really worked at taking that money and applying it to medical and technical research, and real “shovel ready” infrastructure we could get this country back in the running as a leader in (marketable) medical and technical innovation. We could rent out the military if Germany or Korea or Japan or Australia absolutely wanted us posted in their countries. Let the sequester go through and take those tax rates back to pre-Bush levels. Howard Dean, one of my favorite Progressives, suggested the other day on CNBC that the fear of the sequester is blown out of proportion and that it would not be that radical in it’s effect. I agree and also think that it would force this administration and congress to really get their shit together and focus on solutions to our problems, not this endless partisan bickering that prevails on all levels of our government.
Mickey 13 about 11 years ago
“When the hell has America ever “tried peace?”
The expression is “peace through superior firepower.”
Obviously you don’t appreciate the multitude of benefits to a society bent on growth through military conquest. Don’t you know how well it worked for all those countries/empires from the past? It worked so well for the Greeks, Romans, British, Napoleon, Hitler, etc, etc…
Uncle Joe Premium Member about 11 years ago
The spending cuts imposed by sequestration will be smaller than the decreases that occurred after the Korean & Vietnam Wars. We also spent more in Iraq & Afghanistan than we did in either of those wars. After that, the military budget will be increased at the rate of inflation.Our military budget is bigger than the next 13 combined! We aren’t cutting off the arrowheads, just plucking a few feathers.