Quote Originally Posted by Torog
...all liberals want to shift money from the military,to their favorite,latest,greatest socialistic entitlement scheme,and leave America defense-less.
....we do need more weapons..until every last tyrant is vanquished,and after..to prevent the rise of more tyrants....
when is enough enough? this cold war mentality has given rise to the most deadly arsenal ever seen - and the most useless. we have the capacity to lay waste to the entire surface of this planet, to decimate any foe at the push of a button; but the only reason it would ever be used is for the destruction of all humanity. the use of nuclear force is such a despicable concept that everyone knows it would never be used except by a madman. that's not much of a deterrent when held in the hands of a supposedly sane society. to pay for the upkeep of such a massive and impotent arsenal at the expense of the wellbeing of our citizens is not only irrational; but an act of tyranny perpetrated by our runaway government, the likes of which we claim to be fighting against.

this is a new age in warfare. the debacle in viet nam showed the world that any invader's will to fight can be sapped away by patience. our new enemies are not nations with armies poised for invasion, but ideologies spread throughout vast regions. no amount of firepower can root out such ideologies, no bombs can eliminate poverty and desperation. with each strike we create more fuel to feed the fires of fanaticism, more martyrs to rally around and more scorched earth to fill our screens on the evening news. for every pro-american regime we create and prop up with our military might, three governments turn against us. the age of mighty armies is over and the world's strongest nation didn't seem to notice its passing.

the tyrannies we claim to be fighting against cannot be brought down with armies and the global freedom we aspire to cannot be enforced by them.