talk.politics.misc

"John Rennie" wrote in message
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> "Jerry Okamura" wrote in message
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>> "John Rennie" wrote in message
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>>> "Jerry Okamura" wrote in message
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>>>> "John Rennie" wrote in message
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>>>>>> "Rifty" wrote in message
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>>>>>>> Jerry Okamura wrote:
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>>>>>>>> Depends on what is the purpose of the Defense Department. What do
>>>>>>>> you think
>>>>>>>> the purpose of the Defense Department should be?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Same answer as you got before....
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Your military is there to defend your country, as is every military.
>>>>>>> When it is ordered to do things that make it more likely your
>>>>>>> country
>>>>>>> will come under attack, or more likely that those attacks will
>>>>>>> succeed,
>>>>>>> then you may well ask your question.
>>>>>>>
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>>>>>> What does the term "defend your country" mean? Does it mean only to
>>>>>> defend your country "if" attacked? Does it mean to defend the
>>>>>> interests of your country? Does that mean that this country should
>>>>>> never get involved in any humanitarian mission, like Somalia,
>>>>>> Yugoslavia? Does tha tmean that this country should not have rescued
>>>>>> those medical students in Greneda? Does that mean that we should not
>>>>>> have gotten involved in the Korean War?
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>>>>> Last question first. North Korea attacked South Korea which being
>>>>> an ex-Japanese colony was under the control of the US. So America
>>>>> was attacked. Yugoslavia ceased to be a country a long time ago.
>>>>> It was Serbia that NATO not the US independently was in conflict with.
>>>>> Somalia! That's another sensible 'cut and run'. I find it
>>>>> difficult, Jerry, to think how you manage to cross the road on your
>>>>> own let alone have had a job most of your life. So here's another
>>>>> personal question. What was your profession?
>>>> We were talking about when the US should use military force.....
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>>> I've answered why America was involved in the two countries mentioned
>>> although I did omit to comment on the glorious 100% successful invasion
>>> of Grenada. Now answer my question. Who was foolish enough to ever
>>> employ you?
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>> I do not know the relevance of the question, but enough people that I was
>> able to retire in comfort. I worked for Gilfillan, Conductron-Missouri,
>> Magnavox Research Laboratories, back to Gilfillan, then Hughes Aircraft
>> Company, then worked as a contract worker for JPL, then McDonald Douglas
>> (on the Space Station program), then back as a contract worker for JPL
>> again, and finally as a full time employee for JPL (hired to work on the
>> first Mars lander), where I ended my working career. What have you done?
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> I was a Bank Manager. I'm impressed with the above. Obviously you
> have suffered some sort of mental trauma since your working days otherwise
> you wouldn't be posting the rubbish that you do now.
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Or visa versa?