Posted on 04/16/2010 7:09:06 AM PDT by Tulsa Ramjet
"It is a vital national security interest of the United States to reduce these conflicts because whether we like it or not, we remain a dominant military superpower, and when conflicts break out, one way or another we get pulled into them," Obama said. "And that ends up costing us significantly in terms of both blood and treasure."
"That's one of the more incredible statements I've ever heard a president of the United States make in modern times," McCain, a Vietnam veteran and former prisoner of war, told Fox News.
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“Are you in high school?”
Are you. Insanity is doing the same thing over and over, and expecting a different result.
We’ve dug and continue to dig ourselves into a bottomless pit of loss blood, treasure and freedoms. I’m not saying we can or should go isolationist. I’m just saying, we need to reconsider what we’ve been doing and think about changing course. What we’ve been doing hasn’t worked out for the majority of Americans, and that’s what the government’s first and main concern should be.
The world is a cesspool, and we’ve allowed ourselves to get dragged down with it.
Also, for all we know, the world would’ve been a much more secure place if countries were forced to become responsible to do more for themselves.
These are the radicals from the 60’s, so what would be their goal? Their goal is to end America’s military and economic superpower status. Health care, cap and trade, all else are the way to get there.
i could agree with that.
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