Yes, the answer my husband would give as he is in the Army. I asked the wrong question! What would our nation be economically and politically without our military complex? Why is dominance the answer I keep getting? Why do we use jingoisms like the " WAR ON DRUGS" or the " WAR ON CANCER"! We are constantly being fed this mentality and a peace pipe is no where in sight!
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Yes, the answer my husband would give as he is in the Army. I asked the wrong question! What would our nation be economically and politically without our military complex? Why is dominance the answer I keep getting? Why do we use jingoisms like the " WAR ON DRUGS" or the " WAR ON CANCER"! We are constantly being fed this mentality and a peace pipe is no where in sight!
I would modify that somewhat: The PRIMARY goal of the army is to protect U.S. territory from foreign invasion. Everything else is secondary to that.
Are there ever good reasons for war? If so, we need to prepare for it and that means an entire industry devoted to war. You act like conflict would disappear if we only pretended it didn't exist.
No but do we need to be so dependent upon it? Doesn't it bother you in the least that our economy has become more and more entwined with the military complex!
http://www.nctimes.com/business/article_b0ab7bc2-3f6d-5686-bf47-71f9ea8c808c.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D09ZcspZVLw
Because that's what it is. Brute force is literally what it means.
What do you want it to be? The flowery tussle with breast cancer?
No, because it hasn't
quinn, I've figured out exactly the type of person you are now.
No, because it hasn't
quinn, I've figured out exactly the type of person you are now.
Well Bully for you and I mean that, as it has taken me years to get here!
Can you please expand on no it hasn't
Well Bully for you and I mean that, as it has taken me years to get here!
Can you please expand on no it hasn't
Bully for you? Never heard that before.
Well its simple quinn, it hasn't. My theory is that you have a hardcore belief in the concept of peace and all that jazz. Because lets face it, war is a pathetic waste of perfectly good resources. Do you have any idea how many cars, or even hospitals could be built out of the hulks of retired/destroyed tanks?
A lot, a hell of a lot.
But I've met your kind before, granted your the first peace type I've met before it doesn't change the fact.
Something tells me that you have in your head right now half a dozen counter arguments to whatever I have to say. Right?
No Fed its science and policy not BRUTE FORCE!
No, it is to defend the constitution against all threats foreign and domestic....in theory
We are capitalists, of course it's a danger, but these are details.
No quinn, it quite frankly is brute force.
Sure there's science and surgical precision. But often enough its brute force thats needed.
I'm one of the people that fight the brute force attack. You can be too. I have a program called fold@home, I run it on my computer and at the moment it is folding a protein involved in Alzheimer's, it may not lead to a cure, but combined with the thousands of other computers on the network folding the protein it may lead to a cure.
Sometimes Brute Force IS a part of science, take room temperature superconductor research for example.
They are cool and fascinating. I am intrigued by them personally.
Bully for you? Never heard that before.
Well its simple quinn, it hasn't. My theory is that you have a hardcore belief in the concept of peace and all that jazz. Because lets face it, war is a pathetic waste of perfectly good resources. Do you have any idea how many cars, or even hospitals could be built out of the hulks of retired/destroyed tanks?
A lot, a hell of a lot.
But I've met your kind before, granted your the first peace type I've met before it doesn't change the fact.
Something tells me that you have in your head right now half a dozen counter arguments to whatever I have to say. Right?
No argument here I am right! As long as we are fed war we will continue eat at its table! If you asked ma at 5 and you ask me now I would like a ride on the peace train along w/ Cat! I believe it is doable and I know silly me!
Sorry, the idea of war doesn't cause war. War will cause peace by removing tyrants from the world.
Not doable, not for a long long long time.
You know what will make it doable? A global crisis of unprecedented scale. And it doesn't have to necessarily be bad.
It needs to be something incredible, damned marvelous.
What? I don't know.
But lemme tell you something, it ain't gonna be under the banner of 'peace'.
Until then, I am going to enjoy watching this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGLgZ8htLI4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOx_wHhitqk