The Grand New Party

[Trample the Elderly]

Originally Posted by Slingin Sammy 33

as saden mentioned, when it's in the nation's interest we need to act. I'd rather stop a potential aggressor thousands of miles away than at any of our borders. If we can save millions of lives in the process than I'd say that's a plus. I served in the military and was stationed in Japan so I was prepared to die "for someone else's freedom", if necessary. My son is looking into going into the USAF and God forbid he dies serving his country. If that happens I'll be devastated but proud of what he stood for, even if I disagree with a decision of the Commander in Chief or Congress (be they D or R). If you chose to sit any conflicts out, that's your choice, we have an all-volunteer military.

We are at war IN Afghanistan against terrorist factions, not at war WITH Afghanistan. If we were attacked by a hostile COUNTRY the countries of NATO would be obiligated to assist as if they were attacked.

Alger Hiss had the same advice for FDR at Yalta. The Polish people suffered under the Soviet bloc for 50 years thanks to that mentality. If people like you had won the foreign policy debate in WWII or the Cold War we would've had to fight a two front war....alone against Japan and Germany or we would still be in the Cold (or possibly full-scale) War with the USSR and who knows what side China would be on (probably not the side of Democracy). Oh and tens of millions more would've died, but they would've spit in our faces anyway.

Reagan pushed several key buttons to hurt the Soviets at every turn (Poland, Afghanistan, etc.). He forced the Soviets to divert too many resources towards a military build-up. This coupled with some help from the Saudis manipulating the oil market and Europe shutting down a pipeline of natural gas crushed the Soviet economy.

I agree we have some serious issues to address in the country, but is anyone doing anything right in our country according to you?

I too served in the military in Japan and I told my warrant officer that I took an oath to the Constitution of the United States not to a people that tried to kill my grandfather. His brother, my great uncle, thought like you do. He was killed in Korea by the very same filthy communist that he helped to save against the Japanese.

Afghanistan should've been glowing in the dark as the ink was drying on a declaration of war. We lost more people on 9/11 than on Pearl Harbor and Bush wanted to build those filthy animals up, to grow more opium so people could poison their minds? For what, Freedom? Those ignorant rats only know the Koran and a Kalishnakov. That's it.

Our people were incenerated by jet fuel and crushed under steel and ruble, and the Europeans say how bad they feel about it and give us a token army? We stood down the Russians for that? I spit on Europe, save England. Don't tell me about NATO. NATO is an expensive sick joke.

The Germans, Italians, and Japanese declared war on us. I already won that arguement with my history professor. We knew war was coming too. Everyone one knew that. Our aircraft carriers were out looking for the Japanese. That's why they were not at Pearl Harbor. Unlike many of the wars that we fought including the Great War, we actually had no choice in fighting WWII. We needed the Russians to fight the Japanese, and as any Pole will tell you, no one gives a damn about Poland.

Reagan, God Bless his soul, did a lot. But he didn't bring down the Soviets all by himself. Their own economics did that. That's why the Red Chinese no longer practice Marxist economics.

What's done is done. I'm not going to argue about the past. My beef with these politicians is they're not practical nor do they follow anything related to common-sense. I expect Marxist Democrats to be Marxist Democrats, that's a given, but the Republicans shouldn't be Commie / Progressive light.

This country is not the racket called the government. The only thing those socialist jerks can do right in my eyes is jump in the Potomac and forget how to swim. If Congress was dissolved I'd still have Virginia and we're still armed to the teeth.

I'm no pacifist but I'll not fight and die in wars that this government doesn't care to win. God forbid your son lose his life.