Gun Control: Say What you Mean.

[DeistPaladin]

...strawman?....I'm addressing the left's stupid and ignorant, narrowminded world view, that all is peace and love, and America is the evil empire,...

In addition to the strawman fallacy, this is an argument also based on the false dilemma fallacy. Specifically, that the choice for America's foreign policy is either aggression of pushover passivity. And before you accuse me of setting up a strawman, if you still support W Bush's war in Iraq, you advocate aggression and preemptive warfare.

In reality, there's a fine line between these two extremes of bullying and wimpy behavior and it's called being "assertive". You can actually fight for your rights while respecting the rights of others. THAT'S what we on the left, or at least I on the left, advocate.

If you need an example of each:
1st Gulf War: Assertive (defending a nation that had been invaded)
2nd Gulf War: Aggressive (invading a nation without adequate provocation)

Clear?

Now as for military spending...



I think we can cut our military budget in half (there's 350 billion in spending cuts right there!) and still be outspending China and Russia combined. Oh, by the way, they hate each other. Don't think we need to worry about the UK. I think they're cool with our independence now. France won't be invading us anytime soon either.

Let me be blunt: As long as we keep pouring money into this bloated Cold War defense budget, we on the left don't need to concede one damn dime in social safety net or school budget cuts.