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I guess it never counts when it's a D. Narrative > reality -- HokieDan95 08/28/2023 2:27PM Dan, you really should try to read the articles linked before you comment -- 111Balz 08/28/2023 3:58PM It does count. That was one of Obama's failings, IMO. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 08/28/2023 2:39PM Some interesting thoughts. I never focused on the fact -- HoodatB 08/28/2023 1:51PM I still think that part of it is related to Congress's abdication of their -- Seattle .Hoo 08/28/2023 1:53PM Charles Moskos, the leading military sociologist of the 70s and 80s, ... -- HowieT3 08/28/2023 4:34PM Thanks - I hadn't checked my Salon feed yet today!!! ** -- ResistHoo 08/28/2023 1:46PM I don't believe that. We glorified WWII vets for decades ... -- Blah 08/28/2023 1:44PM Uhh... -- Casual Fan 08/28/2023 3:38PM Because now we have a professional army, which I think is a real danger to -- Seattle .Hoo 08/28/2023 1:51PM It's the fringes of America enabled by current GOP. If Clinton ... -- Blah 08/28/2023 1:57PM Yes, but the problem exists. Including our propensity for the unrestricted -- Seattle .Hoo 08/28/2023 2:02PM That's not the driver. Our culture has a fascination with violence ... -- Blah 08/28/2023 2:05PM Yes. We think violence can solve our "problems" overseas and we simply do -- Seattle .Hoo 08/28/2023 2:14PM The US has been imperialists outside of the Americas since ... -- Blah 08/28/2023 2:18PM “I spent 33 years and four months in active military service and during -- Hooooooooooooooo 08/28/2023 3:29PM Related....you should read Gangsters of Capitalism by Jonathan Katz. -- Seattle .Hoo 08/28/2023 3:47PM The Business Plot was orchestrated by some high profile people who never -- Hooooooooooooooo 08/28/2023 4:36PM They should make a movie about him ** -- Zhoo 08/28/2023 4:04PM His life was pretty remarkable. He was considered for Commandant. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 08/28/2023 4:14PM USA wants "stability" of commodity prices -- Zhoo 08/28/2023 2:40PM Yes. We've been doing that for far longer than 20 years though. ** -- Blah 08/28/2023 2:49PM Just saying when the US has been doing it since the 1950s ** -- Zhoo 08/28/2023 3:33PM McDonalds!!!! ** -- Zhoo 08/28/2023 2:30PM Yes, I think he has an argument. It wasn't until recently (post WWII) that -- Seattle .Hoo 08/28/2023 2:22PM I know you said "roughly" but -- Casual Fan 08/28/2023 3:42PM I still had to register (1975) so basing it on that. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 08/28/2023 3:54PM Last lottery drawing was 1975... -- Casual Fan 08/28/2023 4:33PM Delete** -- Casual Fan 08/28/2023 3:41PM It is an insular organization has become much more with the advent of the -- Chuck Taylor 08/28/2023 3:14PM There's an open debate what created our culture's fascination ... -- Blah 08/28/2023 2:30PM Growing up in the 50s and 60s, guns were featured in most TV programs. -- 111Balz 08/28/2023 4:32PM It was rock n roll....the devil's music ** -- GoochlandHoo 08/28/2023 3:00PM That wasn't what he said. He was attempting to explain why we have a cadre -- Seattle .Hoo 08/28/2023 2:38PM Because of overseas conflict in the last 20 years? I disagree. -- Blah 08/28/2023 2:45PM It isn't just leadership. You have to wonder what creates the appeal for -- Seattle .Hoo 08/28/2023 3:09PM It's open for debate, but I'm skeptical. ** -- Blah 08/28/2023 3:16PM
