What Republicans Believe

[Doom]

And what serious threat would that be, exactly?

[jibbajibba]

And what serious threat would that be, exactly?

That one assumes would be the other countries that don't have sufficient military force to defend themselves

It's fair to say that if China invaded Belgium the Belgians would be fucked. Of course two things spring to mind

i) The odds of that are so particularly tiny that they can not actually be computed
ii) The US wouldn't step in and help anyway as there is no oil in Belgium.

[Kyle Aaron]

Schwarzenegger nailed US craziness in the 1970s.
   "Bodybuilding is a sport," he says, "but it is just a sport. When I first came to this country I went to see an AAU Mr. America contest. Would you believe it begins with a prayer? The prayer is asking God to help the judges pick the best body! Millions of people are starving in India, thousands are dying in Vietnam, and these people are asking God to help them! I didn't know whether to fall down laughing or go outside and throw up."
US craziness is the same whichever faction of the one-party state we're talking about.

[Spinachcat]

If the US would stop being the world's policeman, we could save billions every year on military spending.

But what about our penises???

How will they get rock hard if we aren't killing brown people?

Hurting brown people at home is pretty cool and the budget cuts should provide some nice chubbies, but not as fulfilling as dropping bombs on them.

Blood for the dick god!

How come you spend so much on Medicare and yet you still don't have socialised medicine, still have a big issue with uninsured citizens (50+ million of them) and still have medical costs even for the insured causing large scale bankrupcy.

Its pretty insane.  There isn't any real reason that free healthcare isn't a 21st century reality for all Americans.

It costs a lot more to lose a war than it used to.

That's the price of freedom Kyle!

This I know for the Bible told me so!

And what serious threat would that be, exactly?

Either Oceania, Eurasia or Eastasia.  

We have always been at war with (pick one)!!!

[Aos]

I think we should all pray for Kyle!

[Kyle Aaron]

And what serious threat would that be, exactly?

Perhaps some country whose military spending exceeds that of the rest of the world combined.

[Doom]

Perhaps some country whose military spending exceeds that of the rest of the world combined.

We've met the enemy, and they are us. Evidently.

[danbuter]

There are times when I wish the balloon went up in the 80's, and it's usually after reading politics threads on the internet.

[Peregrin]

Perhaps some country whose military spending exceeds that of the rest of the world combined.

Oh comon' now!  A former general-turned-president couldn't have possibly been right to be concerned about some sort of self-perpetuating military industrial complex.  Eisenhower was just a hippie.

[StormBringer]

Eisenhower was just a hippie.

You forgot 'draft dodging, pot smoking Commie'.