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lsharp Wrote: Aug 08, 2012 12:01 PM

"Advocates of America-as-world-policeman rarely grasp that their conception of "defense" endangers us by creating new enemies. " If America is not the world police some other nation will be. Would we rather it be China, Russia, France? I would argue that just as police in our local cities step in when a person tries to commit suicide, America should step in when nations commit genocide and other crimes against the world as a whole.

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Bondman60 Wrote: Aug 08, 2012 2:09 PM

Think about the word "police". Police are present to deter the bad guys from attacking the good guys and their property. If we consider ourselves the good guys, why in the owrld would we not want to be the the "world's policemen"?

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Wars To End War

On his recent trip abroad, Mitt Romney observed an American taboo by not criticizing President Obama's military policy. But before his trip, he made his position clear. Obama has "exposed the military to cuts that no one can justify," Romney said.

He meant that unless Congress intervenes, Pentagon spending will be cut by more than $500 billion over 10 years under the (bipartisan) budget sequestration scheduled for January. This terrifies those who fear that limiting the growth of the military-industrial complex will leave us less safe.

But is that true? Even if $500 billion is actually cut, America still will spend...

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