Does war have rules?
Looking at some of the responses across the Hiroshima and gun control debate threads, as well as what appear to be unspoken, yet underlying personal "limits" and implied "codes of conduct" in various...
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Shar, in this case you may be correct, but then the counter argument is this. Who defends the weaker? Who is there to offer protection when asked? In most of the cases that the US forces have served...
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(To Kyle: Yes, they evacuated the town for... two or three weeks, I guess, then built a big wall around the fortress and said: "you can come back now!" As the risky munitions include some old...
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To go back a minute here.Shar, you wrote something to the effect that you believe that defense of ones own land and on others land are two distinct items. They are, in one sense. But consider this....
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Americans "defending ourselves" means the US defending "our way of life", which is a unique standard of living that requires nothing less than the economic harvest of the entire world. The United...
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Thanks, Sab :)Today, this thread, tomorrow (I hope) finally your "softening of the military" thread, inSANaTEE Ordrin, either here or on the PSA Rebel Board -- although I am going to have a difficult...
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So in essence you suggest we pull back, stop supporting these other countries, stop sending out our troops, maybe even reduce our military to a level relatively equal to teh level we were between teh...
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It occurs to me that our difference of opinion on this topic is precisely that same difference of opinion we have always held about the degree of active administration required -- changing in...
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And that budget that you would support would reduce the military of your country to a small ghost of itself. Basically only able to defend within its own borders, am I correct?
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The specific number I suggested was the worldwide average per capita military expenditure (presumably, as a "per capita" number, multiplied by population). Please forgive: I really don't have the time...
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What missions would you suggest that the US pull back on at this point in time?Korea, Japan, Saudi, Taiwan, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Bosnia, and others.... If you choose to name them...
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Why does the United States have a military presence in:Korea?Japan?Saudi Arabia?Taiwan?Haiti?Dominican Republic?Bosnia?Any others you choose to name ...?I will suggest each one be addressed...
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Ok, First off.Korea. Simple answer. We were asked in as part of a UN force. We are still there as part of a UN force.
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What I had meant by the suggestion was that the reasons for each should be listed separately in the same post, allowing each to be examined separately (as opposed to conjoining all the reasons).My...
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Ok, lets try this again...Korea? - answered already, we were asked by the UN, and are still over at the request of the country itself.Japan? - They have a expanded police force, due to the terms of...
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Beginning from the premise that I find "freedom" as an abstract ideal to be vastly overrated -- "freedom" to do what, exactly? -- and rather less existent in the United States itself than its...
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The problem comes out in several different aspects.Korea, Taiwan, and Japan fall under one aspect. One rather large country would love for us to vacate the area. How many times has China asked for us...
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(Does war require honour? Do we have any obligation to respect our enemy -- this would tend to lead to "rules" -- or is our only obligation to win at any cost?) Korea, Taiwan, Japan:I agree that the...
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I might have confused you here...Quote: Haiti and the Dominican Republic, same thing. But in the same response, how long do you think fighting would go on in those countries after american forces are...
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