talk.politics.misc

"Jerry Okamura" 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?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 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?

I think you mean 'vice versa'. - visa versa sounds as if you're having
trouble with your passport.