mitchejw wrote:

James wrote:

What are you talking about? Trump set 20 year old conflicts into motion and gets credited with turning the US into a hyper-power?

You give him more credit than his supporters do and it's like you think he's some kind of God.

If only one single president gets credited with setting the country on the path it took heading into the 21st century, it's Reagan.

When I said he set this all in motion, I meant that he didn't want to be the world's police anymore unless they ponied up to the table and started contributing....did he not do this?

Which is why you should be cheering him instead of having conniption fits.

You want us to stop being the world police too.

This right here is a great example of why people need to stop with the red/blue hyper-partisan warfare and blindly hating/loving something depending on its color.

You support his position without realizing you support his position....yet you voted for a war hawk who helped create and sell the Patriot Act and the two wars that followed.

I agreed with Trump regarding his stance on NATO... wanting them to contribute more...but he went a little too far IMO.

Didn't go too far for you though...he was on the right track.

mitchejw wrote:

When are we going to address the obscene money the government throws at our military to do nothing except occupy foreign countries. What other industry do you get to retire after 20 years with a full pension and benefits? The military industrial complex is the single most bloated piece of the budget in our country. We've gotten almost zero return on that investment as a country.

Are you on crack?!?

In the 21st century in the aftermath of the Cold War, the United States became a hyper-power. There's everyone fighting for scraps at the bottom, Russia and China slightly above them, and the US miles above all of them.

While I agree the defense budget is getting a tad too high, gutting it is not the answer. There should be some cuts here and there but under no circumstances can we allow Russia, China, the EU, or any potential adversaries to move up as the US military goes in decline.

I would be for budget increases as long as it keeps US supremacy as the status quo.

You want to see a nightmare world? Place any country that's not the US in the number one spot.

We're about to remind the world who's boss with the unveiling of one of our classified space weapons. We can only have such weapons in our arsenal thanks to the bloated defense budget.

Zero return on our investment? You're crazy...

mitchejw wrote:

I'm supposed to go see them at Wrigley in a few days...I've never been less excited for a Gn'R concert. I'm seriously considering looking into selling the tickets.

Just go.... there's a small chance that your show gets the debut of Hard School.

Having said that...I have no room to talk. I skipped the show here in Cali.