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Originally Posted by BestXXXPorn
I disagree... I'm on RP's side on this one and I'm former military... Right now the President has complete control over war. That breaks everything the constitution says but because they're not calling it war, they can wage war indefinitely. It's playing a major roll in bankrupting this country and it's completely unjustified...
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If you look at the national debt and how much we spent for this war, you'll see that it's but a fraction of the problem, not a major role.
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We are not the world's police and if you take a look at the rest of the world's view of the US that's exactly what we're doing. It's not our place... I don't believe because someone says that they're going to build a nuclear weapon that we should immediately confront them and say no. On who's authority? All of a sudden we have to sanction everyone "OR ELSE"?!
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This is where I disagree. Dennis Prager said it best. As the world's #1 power(or former #1), we became the world's police. What you're suggesting isn't realistic, it's naive in my opinion. For example, if someone says they're going to build a nuclear weapon, the consequences of NOT doing something about it are far graver than acting on it. On whose authority? This isn't moral relativism, this isn't "who are you to"....None of that crap makes any kind of sense in the world we live. We are the world's police and sometimes we overstep our boundaries, but in certain threats, such as nuclear capabilities, I don't believe there's much to overstep because NOT overstepping might lead to more problems than anyone can handle.
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All we're doing is driving up debt and pissing people off... It's not naive... the government would have you believe that everyone they don't like is a threat and that it's an imminent threat that needs to be dealt with. Don't buy the hype.
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Again, look at the war budget and look at the shit we've been doing for 30 years. It's a fraction. And this is a really naive way of looking at things. The government makes me believe radical muslims are a threat because the government just doesn't like them? I'm going to go ahead with a big "no" on that one. I haven't heard any kind of valid argument for what you're talking about.