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House Armed Services Committee Chairman: Here's how we will make America's military great again
2017-01-24
Posted by:Skidmark

#3  The Truman Containment Strategy fails when there are no boundaries.

"All war represents a failure of diplomacy"-Tony Benn.

"Perhaps war churns the soil with the blood of patriots so the seeds of diplomacy may spread their tender roots."-me
Posted by: Skidmark   2017-01-24 11:39  

#2  The purpose of the military is to keep the enemy busy until the diplomats get their shit together.

-Me
Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839   2017-01-24 08:33  

#1  "The purpose of the military is to break things and kill people - not to be a tool of social engineering." - Jerry Pournelle (I think)
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2017-01-24 02:20  

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