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In the 20th Century we had major periods of disarmament also. The Periods were right before World Wars 1 and II. When we abandon our military strength, the tyrants of the world take note. We are inviting full scale war IMHO.

As far as I'm concerned, it's up to them to defend themselves. At 600K dead fighting their wars for them, I think we've given quite enough young men defending the people of Europe and Asia. These are ancient civilizations quite capable of thinking for themselves. It's time they grew up and reacquainted themselves with the notion of military self-sufficiency.

39 posted on 10/02/2013 11:28:45 PM PDT by Zhang Fei (Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world and that God will preserve it always.)

<>I>As far as I'm concerned, it's up to them to defend themselves.

That's exactly what we said before the Maginot Lines of France and before the rise of the Nazi party. Let the Eurpeans die. We thought we were immune until Pearl Harbor.

Isolationism didn't work for us then, and it will not work for us now.