Comments on: Going Up! http://thisishistorictimes.com/2010/02/going-up/ Wed, 16 May 2012 04:15:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: DVAN1231 http://thisishistorictimes.com/2010/02/going-up/comment-page-1/#comment-20465 DVAN1231 Tue, 28 Sep 2010 15:00:11 +0000 http://thisishistorictimes.com/?p=1008#comment-20465 I agree that certain items need to be cut form the budget, however the military is not the place to look currently. We are the most powerful nation in the world but that is not due to recent events. Military budgeting has been a large part of the budget due to America's victory in WWII and the results after that. It was a step into world politics that we could not come back from; each time that has happened America has had to rebuild, and rebuild slowly form it. The Clinton administration did in fact cut the defense budget and it gave us a surplus. Unfortunately, an early September morning forced us back onto that stage and with a smaller military than we ended the Cold War with. The budget has increase because the military has only now rebuilt its strength to fight the threats facing it. This does not mean that I support the War in Iraq or going into Iran. yes, Iraq was an unfortunate mistake that the American people actually supported. Although I did not support it, I supported that fact that once you are in a fight, you stay and you finish it. Vietnam taught us the results of just picking up and moving. The current military budget is a necessary cost until we are at peace. I agree that certain items need to be cut form the budget, however the military is not the place to look currently. We are the most powerful nation in the world but that is not due to recent events. Military budgeting has been a large part of the budget due to America’s victory in WWII and the results after that. It was a step into world politics that we could not come back from; each time that has happened America has had to rebuild, and rebuild slowly form it.

The Clinton administration did in fact cut the defense budget and it gave us a surplus. Unfortunately, an early September morning forced us back onto that stage and with a smaller military than we ended the Cold War with. The budget has increase because the military has only now rebuilt its strength to fight the threats facing it.

This does not mean that I support the War in Iraq or going into Iran. yes, Iraq was an unfortunate mistake that the American people actually supported. Although I did not support it, I supported that fact that once you are in a fight, you stay and you finish it. Vietnam taught us the results of just picking up and moving.

The current military budget is a necessary cost until we are at peace.

]]> By: LagomorphMan http://thisishistorictimes.com/2010/02/going-up/comment-page-1/#comment-8136 LagomorphMan Thu, 04 Feb 2010 12:29:23 +0000 http://thisishistorictimes.com/?p=1008#comment-8136 It's a unique and well done take on a problem most people don't hear about (or don't WANT to hear about). I often hear people brag about how America is the strongest military power in the world (and I'm sure that's debatable, especially now) but don't realize how much that costs us. In fact, I'm pretty sure some people would say the very idea of cutting back our military budget, as overblown as it is, was treasonous. It’s a unique and well done take on a problem most people don’t hear about (or don’t WANT to hear about). I often hear people brag about how America is the strongest military power in the world (and I’m sure that’s debatable, especially now) but don’t realize how much that costs us.

In fact, I’m pretty sure some people would say the very idea of cutting back our military budget, as overblown as it is, was treasonous.

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