Posted on Dec 23, 2014
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We have a huge military complex, we need to keep them trained. We need to substantiate the budget needed for weapons, uniforms, training, and then fund research for new weapons, new uniforms, and new training.

This doesn't happen without an enemy...so I ask, do we need our enemies?
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No we don't need enemies, but since we have them we should make the most of the opportunity and learn whatever lessons we can from the battlefield. Our enemies help us see our weaknesses.
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It's not a matter of needing enemies, we have plenty of them.

There has never been a Nation or even a person in the world who does not have an enemy or someone who would harm you if they could get away with.

It can be a natural resource (nation-state) or a little red wagon if you want to get it down to the 5 year old level. As long as we are a country we will have enemies. Frankly the whole discussion sounds like something out of a facility lounge in a university.
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Exactly and unfortunately it is a discussion enabled in the classroom by many left wing professors

"Frankly the whole discussion sounds like something out of a facility lounge in a university."
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Capt Richard I P.
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War is Peace and Peace is War. Oceania needs its enemies.
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