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		<title>By: USARetired</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2014 16:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Obama administration is intentionally wasting money on worthless and frivolous projects, and vacations,  in order to destroy our military!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Obama administration is intentionally wasting money on worthless and frivolous projects, and vacations,  in order to destroy our military!</p>
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		<title>By: Hard Little Machine</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hard Little Machine]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2014 21:43:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Even if we accept what the liberals say and agree with them, why are they so angry that someone is agreeing with them. They want to be isolationists, their President is an isolationist and still they rant and rave that everything everywhere is not only someone else&#039;s fault but another thing their Man-God-King must personally solve for all time. Pick a side and stick with it. If your solution is &#039;do nothing&#039; then fine - do nothing. But they really need to shut up about all the nothing seemingly the dark cabal of Republicans and Jews is making them do.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Even if we accept what the liberals say and agree with them, why are they so angry that someone is agreeing with them. They want to be isolationists, their President is an isolationist and still they rant and rave that everything everywhere is not only someone else&#8217;s fault but another thing their Man-God-King must personally solve for all time. Pick a side and stick with it. If your solution is &#8216;do nothing&#8217; then fine &#8211; do nothing. But they really need to shut up about all the nothing seemingly the dark cabal of Republicans and Jews is making them do.</p>
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		<title>By: P_Ang</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[P_Ang]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2014 20:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[No, 40% of 315 million is 126 million.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>No, 40% of 315 million is 126 million.</p>
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		<title>By: Chiron_Venizelos</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chiron_Venizelos]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2014 04:48:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[3.5 Million.
Does that make you feel better?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>3.5 Million.<br />
Does that make you feel better?</p>
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		<title>By: ted</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[ted]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2014 03:49:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[355 million Republicans? Maybe in China cuz the population of the whole U.S. is about 315 million.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>355 million Republicans? Maybe in China cuz the population of the whole U.S. is about 315 million.</p>
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		<title>By: ADM64</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[ADM64]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2014 01:56:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[That&#039;s a fair point and I would agree with you on it.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That&#8217;s a fair point and I would agree with you on it.</p>
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		<title>By: ADM64</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[ADM64]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2014 01:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The civilian leadership - specifically the Carter, Clinton and Obama administrations - have certainly pushed the diversity and coed agenda.  As you note, the current military leadership embraces this, but so too did the leadership during all of those previous administrations.  I have no problem with the leadership following civilian direction because policies, even bad ones, must be tested.  Where moral responsibility shifts back to the brass is in their comprehensive dishonesty about the policies.  Ultimately, they have a constitutional responsibility to speak honestly to the Congress and they have no exercised it.  When they fail to note the separate and lowered standards for women, quite apart from whatever is done for the &quot;combat&quot; arms, they are violating their oaths and breaking the law.  No policy since the body counts of Vietnam have required as much lying and the result is a corrupt and incompetent leadership.  Not once have they chosen to support civilians in Congress critical of the policies and men like Admiral Mullen and General Dempsey really seem to believe this stuff.
Regarding the failure to win recent wars, I disagree with you.  The military leadership to a man opposed the surge which alone allowed us to salvage something from the debacle in Iraq.  Sanchez and Casey both completely misread the insurgency and nothing in their tactics suggests that had they had more men, they would have done better.  Moreover, even after President Bush said he would give whatever they wanted, they didn&#039;t ask.  Tommy Franks failed to make any plans for occupation and handled Afghanistan poorly too (most of the success was CIA led in the first phases).  Franks completely failed to recognize the strategic importance of getting Osama bin Laden.  We&#039;ve had 10 commanders in as many years in Afghanistan, hardly the mark of anything other than a military bureaucracy at war.  Yes, Rumsfield was a very problematic SecDef, but like MacNamara in Vietnam, he cannot be used as an inexhaustible excuse.  Military transformation, systems of systems, total battlefield dominance and the like were all buzzwords and policies within the armed forces prior to the Bush administration, and many officers embraced them.  The troops themselves are good and deserve praise, but the officer corps is amateurish, bloated and not particularly talented, the more so in each case the higher the rank.  No institution should get a blanket pass, and too often the military does.
I do agree with you about the MSM.  That isn&#039;t the whole story.  Our enemies have a coherent strategy and our current strategic position is vastly inferior, in every sense, to what is was on September 10, 2001.  Responsibility for that is widespread, but I have seen no evidence that anyone in the senior military leadership has been particularly adept at any proposal or policy that would have led to a different outcome.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The civilian leadership &#8211; specifically the Carter, Clinton and Obama administrations &#8211; have certainly pushed the diversity and coed agenda.  As you note, the current military leadership embraces this, but so too did the leadership during all of those previous administrations.  I have no problem with the leadership following civilian direction because policies, even bad ones, must be tested.  Where moral responsibility shifts back to the brass is in their comprehensive dishonesty about the policies.  Ultimately, they have a constitutional responsibility to speak honestly to the Congress and they have no exercised it.  When they fail to note the separate and lowered standards for women, quite apart from whatever is done for the &#8220;combat&#8221; arms, they are violating their oaths and breaking the law.  No policy since the body counts of Vietnam have required as much lying and the result is a corrupt and incompetent leadership.  Not once have they chosen to support civilians in Congress critical of the policies and men like Admiral Mullen and General Dempsey really seem to believe this stuff.<br />
Regarding the failure to win recent wars, I disagree with you.  The military leadership to a man opposed the surge which alone allowed us to salvage something from the debacle in Iraq.  Sanchez and Casey both completely misread the insurgency and nothing in their tactics suggests that had they had more men, they would have done better.  Moreover, even after President Bush said he would give whatever they wanted, they didn&#8217;t ask.  Tommy Franks failed to make any plans for occupation and handled Afghanistan poorly too (most of the success was CIA led in the first phases).  Franks completely failed to recognize the strategic importance of getting Osama bin Laden.  We&#8217;ve had 10 commanders in as many years in Afghanistan, hardly the mark of anything other than a military bureaucracy at war.  Yes, Rumsfield was a very problematic SecDef, but like MacNamara in Vietnam, he cannot be used as an inexhaustible excuse.  Military transformation, systems of systems, total battlefield dominance and the like were all buzzwords and policies within the armed forces prior to the Bush administration, and many officers embraced them.  The troops themselves are good and deserve praise, but the officer corps is amateurish, bloated and not particularly talented, the more so in each case the higher the rank.  No institution should get a blanket pass, and too often the military does.<br />
I do agree with you about the MSM.  That isn&#8217;t the whole story.  Our enemies have a coherent strategy and our current strategic position is vastly inferior, in every sense, to what is was on September 10, 2001.  Responsibility for that is widespread, but I have seen no evidence that anyone in the senior military leadership has been particularly adept at any proposal or policy that would have led to a different outcome.</p>
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		<title>By: Chiron_Venizelos</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chiron_Venizelos]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2014 01:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Go back to the times when the Repubikans held the majorities in BOTH houses AND the White House and tell me how many elected criminals were put in jail becuase of their efforts.  Barney Frank?  Nope.  Sandy Berger?  Nope.  Bill Clinton?  Nooooope.
The Repubikans are all about hearings, investigations, inquiries, probes (go figure on that one!), and ZERO action.
In 1968, G. C. Wallace told us there isn&#039;t a dime&#039;s worth of difference between the Repubikans and the Deficraps.
He was right!
If you don&#039;t understand what I&#039;m saying, read MY post again.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Go back to the times when the Repubikans held the majorities in BOTH houses AND the White House and tell me how many elected criminals were put in jail becuase of their efforts.  Barney Frank?  Nope.  Sandy Berger?  Nope.  Bill Clinton?  Nooooope.<br />
The Repubikans are all about hearings, investigations, inquiries, probes (go figure on that one!), and ZERO action.<br />
In 1968, G. C. Wallace told us there isn&#8217;t a dime&#8217;s worth of difference between the Repubikans and the Deficraps.<br />
He was right!<br />
If you don&#8217;t understand what I&#8217;m saying, read MY post again.</p>
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		<title>By: Erudite Mavin</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Erudite Mavin]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2014 23:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Read my post again.
If it is so easy to go against the Liberal MSM and Democrats in general, why haven&#039;t the TP crowd corrected and put away the perps.
For the same reason the Republicans can&#039;t.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Read my post again.<br />
If it is so easy to go against the Liberal MSM and Democrats in general, why haven&#8217;t the TP crowd corrected and put away the perps.<br />
For the same reason the Republicans can&#8217;t.</p>
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		<title>By: GreatScot</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[GreatScot]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2014 23:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#039;m all for a strong military, but our spending is out of control. We can&#039;t keep borrowing at this rate and survive for long. Don&#039;t believe me?  Watch this: http://floydblack.thefamplan.com/taxes.html]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m all for a strong military, but our spending is out of control. We can&#8217;t keep borrowing at this rate and survive for long. Don&#8217;t believe me?  Watch this: <a href="http://floydblack.thefamplan.com/taxes.html" rel="nofollow">http://floydblack.thefamplan.com/taxes.html</a></p>
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		<title>By: Chiron_Venizelos</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chiron_Venizelos]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2014 23:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If ANY of these crimes have been addressed by the Repubikans then why have NO persons been arrested and charged with their crimes, why have NO persons been found guilty, and why have NO persons been sent to jail?
I&#039;m still waiting for someone to charge Eric Holder with murder for Fast &amp; Furious and to charge 0bama with Treason for providing money and arms to Al Qaeda, Hezbollah, and the Muslim Brotherhood.
The reason why the Repubikans have not done anything about what I&#039;ve mentioned is because they&#039;re in on the crimes.  
If that were NOT true, then tell me why McCain was in Syria, posing with Al Qaeda operatives and in the Ukraine, posing with the Stalinist Russians, who are murdering the Ukranians because they don&#039;t want to live under Putin&#039;s boot?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If ANY of these crimes have been addressed by the Repubikans then why have NO persons been arrested and charged with their crimes, why have NO persons been found guilty, and why have NO persons been sent to jail?<br />
I&#8217;m still waiting for someone to charge Eric Holder with murder for Fast &amp; Furious and to charge 0bama with Treason for providing money and arms to Al Qaeda, Hezbollah, and the Muslim Brotherhood.<br />
The reason why the Repubikans have not done anything about what I&#8217;ve mentioned is because they&#8217;re in on the crimes.<br />
If that were NOT true, then tell me why McCain was in Syria, posing with Al Qaeda operatives and in the Ukraine, posing with the Stalinist Russians, who are murdering the Ukranians because they don&#8217;t want to live under Putin&#8217;s boot?</p>
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		<title>By: Geoffrey Britain</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Geoffrey Britain]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2014 23:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our failure to win any recent wars is DIRECTLY attributable to its civilian leadership and to the public&#039;s gullibility in what the MSM feeds it. The armed forces &#039;interest&#039; in diversity issues, etc. is also DIRECTLY  attributable to its civilian and current military leadership.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Our failure to win any recent wars is DIRECTLY attributable to its civilian leadership and to the public&#8217;s gullibility in what the MSM feeds it. The armed forces &#8216;interest&#8217; in diversity issues, etc. is also DIRECTLY  attributable to its civilian and current military leadership.</p>
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		<title>By: Erudite Mavin</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Erudite Mavin]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2014 21:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most who sat at home were TPers, all or nothing.
I saw their posting for months during the election, with their
Obama was better than a RINO as they would blast.
Well they got Obama by sitting home or voting third party and now
have the nerve to whine.

Voter fraud was addressed by Republicans.  You really believe the liberal MSM and the Democrat controlled Senate would deal with the issue.


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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Most who sat at home were TPers, all or nothing.<br />
I saw their posting for months during the election, with their<br />
Obama was better than a RINO as they would blast.<br />
Well they got Obama by sitting home or voting third party and now<br />
have the nerve to whine.</p>
<p>Voter fraud was addressed by Republicans.  You really believe the liberal MSM and the Democrat controlled Senate would deal with the issue.</p>
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		<title>By: Chiron_Venizelos</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chiron_Venizelos]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2014 18:39:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I tend to think it proper to accept some of the blame for our miserable predicament:
1. More than 355 million Repubikans stayed home in 2012
2. None of the elected Repubikans have addressed the serial voter fraud and voter intimidation of the 2012 elections.  Could it be that we have not demanded their prosecuting these crimes?
3. None of the the 0bama regime have been charged or tried for the many impeachable offenses we both know they&#039;ve committed.  Could it be that we have not demanded our government obey and uphold the law?
4. How many conservatives can say they have ever written their so-called &quot;elected representatives&quot; to let them know our expectations?  How many of us can claim they have ever donated time or money to the campaigns of those whom we support?
While it&#039;s true there is ample blame for those on the other side, and the liberals know it&#039;s better that they invest our money in gaining the favor of the welfare parasites than to try to change the hearts and minds of the military, it can be honestly stated that not enough conservatives are engaged in the process or even know why they vote the way they vote.
In the end, we DO get the government we deserve - all of us.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I tend to think it proper to accept some of the blame for our miserable predicament:<br />
1. More than 355 million Repubikans stayed home in 2012<br />
2. None of the elected Repubikans have addressed the serial voter fraud and voter intimidation of the 2012 elections.  Could it be that we have not demanded their prosecuting these crimes?<br />
3. None of the the 0bama regime have been charged or tried for the many impeachable offenses we both know they&#8217;ve committed.  Could it be that we have not demanded our government obey and uphold the law?<br />
4. How many conservatives can say they have ever written their so-called &#8220;elected representatives&#8221; to let them know our expectations?  How many of us can claim they have ever donated time or money to the campaigns of those whom we support?<br />
While it&#8217;s true there is ample blame for those on the other side, and the liberals know it&#8217;s better that they invest our money in gaining the favor of the welfare parasites than to try to change the hearts and minds of the military, it can be honestly stated that not enough conservatives are engaged in the process or even know why they vote the way they vote.<br />
In the end, we DO get the government we deserve &#8211; all of us.</p>
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		<title>By: alericKong</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[alericKong]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2014 14:53:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I would agree if solvency motivated the military cuts. I would also agree on the money printing if it was used to pay down debt with devalued dollars.


Instead political machines throwing away money to hold office motivates this budget, covered by lies about subsidizes for drunks and broken homes helps society.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I would agree if solvency motivated the military cuts. I would also agree on the money printing if it was used to pay down debt with devalued dollars.</p>
<p>Instead political machines throwing away money to hold office motivates this budget, covered by lies about subsidizes for drunks and broken homes helps society.</p>
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		<title>By: ADM64</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[ADM64]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2014 14:31:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Generally, I agree with Mr. Thornton about entitlements versus defense.  Where I disagree is if this precludes any discussion of defense spending.   The military is very fat, with very high personnel costs, an officer corps that is at least twice the size it needs to be (in some cases larger: the Navy now has more admirals than ships), a very poor track record of developing weapons in a cost-effective way, and a failure to win any recent wars.  The latter cannot simply be blamed on civilians, the military&#039;s favorite social excuse since Vietnam.   The sad fact is that an army mirrors its society (probably the only true thing Trotsky ever said) and our &quot;diverse&quot; coed armed forces seem a lot more interested in diversity issues and feminism than they do military professionalism.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Generally, I agree with Mr. Thornton about entitlements versus defense.  Where I disagree is if this precludes any discussion of defense spending.   The military is very fat, with very high personnel costs, an officer corps that is at least twice the size it needs to be (in some cases larger: the Navy now has more admirals than ships), a very poor track record of developing weapons in a cost-effective way, and a failure to win any recent wars.  The latter cannot simply be blamed on civilians, the military&#8217;s favorite social excuse since Vietnam.   The sad fact is that an army mirrors its society (probably the only true thing Trotsky ever said) and our &#8220;diverse&#8221; coed armed forces seem a lot more interested in diversity issues and feminism than they do military professionalism.</p>
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		<title>By: Gamal</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gamal]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2014 12:24:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Ukraine sacrificed its military for entitlements.  The government subsidized gas for it&#039;s citizens by borrowing.  It didn&#039;t spend the money it should have on building up a strong military.  The only way to stop Russia from engaging in more invasions is for target countries to build up their military power and to form an alliance.  
America needs to start thinking about the possibility of a Russian attack on U.S. soil.  What would happen if Russia invaded and seized Alaska?  Would we fire nuclear missiles at Russia when their nuclear forces are so much more powerful than ours?  What if China and Russia decided to invade.  Could we with our shrunken underequipped army stop them?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Ukraine sacrificed its military for entitlements.  The government subsidized gas for it&#8217;s citizens by borrowing.  It didn&#8217;t spend the money it should have on building up a strong military.  The only way to stop Russia from engaging in more invasions is for target countries to build up their military power and to form an alliance.<br />
America needs to start thinking about the possibility of a Russian attack on U.S. soil.  What would happen if Russia invaded and seized Alaska?  Would we fire nuclear missiles at Russia when their nuclear forces are so much more powerful than ours?  What if China and Russia decided to invade.  Could we with our shrunken underequipped army stop them?</p>
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		<title>By: blert</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2014 09:12:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The cuts are not being driven by a broad public consensus.
Instead, they come from Barry&#039;s world view.
Carter had his epiphany when the USSR invaded Afghanistan. 
His prior cut-backs in the DoD budget were ideological, and personal.
Barry is Carter on estrogen. 
Since Putin is going to be compelled to eat the whole plate, Barry&#039;s epiphany may come, too.
The Crimea can&#039;t function without Ukraine. 
Its water, electricity, telecoms, rails, roads, force it to stay unified with Ukraine. 

The next step is the occupation of the Sudeten Russians -- whoops -- I mean Westish Rodina: the Donbas.
This will be followed by a slow-rolling invasion all the way to Odessa and then Poland. 

What does a bear eat? 

Everything in sight!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The cuts are not being driven by a broad public consensus.<br />
Instead, they come from Barry&#8217;s world view.<br />
Carter had his epiphany when the USSR invaded Afghanistan.<br />
His prior cut-backs in the DoD budget were ideological, and personal.<br />
Barry is Carter on estrogen.<br />
Since Putin is going to be compelled to eat the whole plate, Barry&#8217;s epiphany may come, too.<br />
The Crimea can&#8217;t function without Ukraine.<br />
Its water, electricity, telecoms, rails, roads, force it to stay unified with Ukraine. </p>
<p>The next step is the occupation of the Sudeten Russians &#8212; whoops &#8212; I mean Westish Rodina: the Donbas.<br />
This will be followed by a slow-rolling invasion all the way to Odessa and then Poland. </p>
<p>What does a bear eat? </p>
<p>Everything in sight!</p>
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		<title>By: NAHALKIDES</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2014 08:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thornton&#039;s assessment of the effects of the military cuts is certainly correct.  However, I don&#039;t think it is correct to state that &quot;we&quot; citizens deserve the blame; it is only those who expect to receive an unearned income from the rest of us and who vote accordingly that bear the responsibility.

What is deadly for any democracy, whether in ancient times or modern, is for any group of citizens to be able to vote itself an unearned income at taxpayer expense.  Middle-class entitlements are just as bad as those which transfer income to the poor.  What made this nation great was that under the Constitution, no group of citizens could do that.  We need to begin to undermine the premises of the welfare state, and clearly Establishment Republicans aren&#039;t up to the job.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thornton&#8217;s assessment of the effects of the military cuts is certainly correct.  However, I don&#8217;t think it is correct to state that &#8220;we&#8221; citizens deserve the blame; it is only those who expect to receive an unearned income from the rest of us and who vote accordingly that bear the responsibility.</p>
<p>What is deadly for any democracy, whether in ancient times or modern, is for any group of citizens to be able to vote itself an unearned income at taxpayer expense.  Middle-class entitlements are just as bad as those which transfer income to the poor.  What made this nation great was that under the Constitution, no group of citizens could do that.  We need to begin to undermine the premises of the welfare state, and clearly Establishment Republicans aren&#8217;t up to the job.</p>
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		<title>By: UCSPanther</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2014 07:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I honestly think Obama and his ilk are trying to ape socialist pits like Sweden.  However, the only reason those nations were allowed to get away with it was because they could farm out their defense to the US and have only meager excuses for armies.  If the US wasn&#039;t around, Europeans would have had no choice but to build up their defenses, or risk being forced to bend their collective knee to the might of &quot;Mother Russia&quot;.  

The US cannot get away with such a thing, because if their mainland is under-guarded, it may become a tempting target for nations like Russia and China, and there is no superpower to protect us. 

It also goes to show that Hedonists don&#039;t fight for anything. not even their own Hedonism.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I honestly think Obama and his ilk are trying to ape socialist pits like Sweden.  However, the only reason those nations were allowed to get away with it was because they could farm out their defense to the US and have only meager excuses for armies.  If the US wasn&#8217;t around, Europeans would have had no choice but to build up their defenses, or risk being forced to bend their collective knee to the might of &#8220;Mother Russia&#8221;.  </p>
<p>The US cannot get away with such a thing, because if their mainland is under-guarded, it may become a tempting target for nations like Russia and China, and there is no superpower to protect us. </p>
<p>It also goes to show that Hedonists don&#8217;t fight for anything. not even their own Hedonism.</p>
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