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Originally Posted by NC_Skins
Well, it was a legit question JR. Why do many of the far right crew want to beat the drums of war, and then turn around and profess to care/support our military men. If you cared, wouldn't you listen to them? They are saying enough. End this. Bring us home.
I was being over dramatic with the line, but I think you get the point.
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1. As usual, you start with a loaded vague question which presuppose the validity of your point and make "good and logical argument" meaningless. Specifically, which members of the "far right crew want to beat the drums of war"? Please define the term "far right crew" and let me know what war drums they are beating. Without more definition, it is impossible to argue such a vague and loaded question (You may as well ask "Why do some people support wife beaters?"). What candidate is advocating military intervention in Syria? Iran? N. Korea or any other location? Or advocating an extended presence in Afghanistan? (or is it your position that the soldiers in Afghanistan should board planes tomorrow and damn the consequences?).
2. The amount of
total contributions attributable to military personnel to all candidates is simply to small a sample size to draw the conclusion that military personnel support any particular candidate.
The amount of contributions directly linked to military personnel equal about 36K to Paul and ~20K to Obama and ~14K to all other Republican candidates. While many active duty personnel are clearly making some contribution to candidates, the number of active duty personnel in the US Military is over 1.3 million w/ an additional 800k in reserve formations. To me, donations (even if we equate one dollar= one person) that constitute approximately 3.5% of the entire military are not "proof" that any particular candidate, much less any particular position of any candidate, is supported by military personnel.
Lacking a poll of active and reserve military personnel, I don't think we can draw any conclusions as to who best embodies the military personnel's presidential choice.
- For the record, I support a strong military in line with T. Roosevelt's policy "Walk softly but carry a big stick". While I agree with many of Paul's foreign policy concepts, to me his isolationism (which includes, in part, w/drawing from and defunding the UN and cutting off
all foreign aid) constitutes a head-in-the-sand approach that is simply impracticable for the nation (or any nation). I believe we should w/draw from Afghanistan as soon as safely possible. Further, I don't believe at this time we should be intervening in Iran, Syria or N. Korea in any way. For now, focus on getting the boots home and keeping them here.