The War-Mongers Will Lose Their Fucking Minds.....

[Cato]

I'm a hawk & I'm fucking pissed off right now!

Fucking hair whipping chicken hawk, maybe...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zFCC2NjCbU

[DeistPaladin]

The military needs that money to defend freedom & democracy from Islam!

Our military budget was designed to counter an adversary that could destroy all of human civilization in 30 minutes.

That adversary has ceased to exist.

The potential enemy you describe has the ability to strap bombs to themselves and blow themselves up, assuming they can successfully light the fuse.

You don't fight that enemy with aircraft carriers. You fight that enemy with intel and international cooperation.

[Crossless2.0]

What do you mean you're a hawk?

Based on what he's posted so far, I believe he means that he's all for killin' Muslims.

And Germans. Don't forget the Germans.

And German Muslims! hock:

[EgoRaptor]

Based on what he's posted so far, I believe he means that he's all for killin' Muslims.

And Germans. Don't forget the Germans.

And German Muslims! hock:

Muslim kraut-munchers are the worst!

Basically this guy:


Mixed with this guy:

[Jackalope]

[Faith No More]

[Tonus]

In my opinion, military spending should be pro rata, defined by combining how much you are financing education and health in your nation.

In other words, the military will only get sufficient financing that they consider necessary of health care and education are allocated a comparable significance.

The USA spends about 2.5x as much on Social Security and Medicare/Medicaid currently. I would not use them as a basis for determining defense spending. I would judge how much we need each and allocate spending based on need.

With a population that is both growing and growing older, spending on benefits for the local (and aging) population is a pretty obvious concern. We could spend more on those and justify it.

With a nation that is in a relatively secure position (peaceful borders, oceans on either end) we could spend drastically less on defense and also justify it. A lot of our military spending is for keeping troops and equipment stationed throughout the world, and I think we could recall quite a lot of them without any significant issues arising, and perhaps even build some goodwill in many areas. Other nations may not like having to increase their own military spending to make up the loss, but I think it's better that they take a larger hand in defending their own.

[Minimalist]

As predicted.

http://apnews.excite.com/article/2014022...8SVG0.html

Politics enters the fray.

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Led by the king of the Chickenhawks!

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/02/25/di...od-stamps/

“I think the whole thing is not driven by any change in world circumstances, it’s driven by budget considerations,” he insisted. “He would much rather spend the money on food stamps than he would on a strong military or support for our troops.”

So sayeth the fuckhead who got thousands of them killed for nothing.

[Faith No More]

"Strong military support"?

Like that awesome job you did with getting the guys in Iraq and Afghanistan body armor?

[Assimilate]

I'm with Uncle Dick, fucking poor people surviving and shit, need more death.