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18 Mar 2011, 6:39 pm

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america's defence budget [$696,268,000,000.00 circa fy2008] is nearly 12 times bigger than that of china, 47 times more than that of israel. we have 57 nuclear-powered attack and cruise-missile submarines, more than the rest of the world combined. my question is why are we doing the lions' share of the heavy lifting? why isn't the rest of the civilized world doing more? what is the UN for, if this situation persists? these are not unreasonable questions, and american taxpayers deserve a good answer to them.


Tbh, the UN is part of the problem, see: Oil for Food Scam.
The UN should be abolished. It is typical bureaucratic BS.

@ auntblabby: Canada's military is one of the best trained in the world but they are underfunded and lacking in the technology department. The sea, air, and land aspect of any military are best left to be specialized rather than made monolithic. All it leads to is corner cutting. The 23 billion budget that we have for the military is a joke. I agree that the rest of the world shouldn't expect the US to act like the world police and do their part to fight corruption as well rather than just laying on the sidelines and letting the US do all the fighting for em. The states still needs a strong national defense though as it is the world's biggest super power.


Wasn't the Canadian military held hostage by a shipping company once because they didn't pay their freight bill?


Not that I know of


Yeah it did.

http://www.marinelink.com/news/article/ ... 19869.aspx

Not sure if the company ever did get paid.


I didn't say it didn't happen, just that I didn't hear about it. But that is interesting. Ultimately though:

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contending that Montreal charterers Andromeda Navigation had said it would withhold payments, had halted the vessel in the Atlantic Ocean off Newfoundland to force home its point. The squabble drew in the Canadian government


The charter company was at fault, and the Canadian government, as that article clearly states, responded appropriately to get three soldiers and $150 million worth of our military equipment back.

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Shove you back in your locker? Someone needs to shove you back in the closet and throw in a few handfuls of Zyklon-B.

Wow you are a real winner


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18 Mar 2011, 8:12 pm

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Shove you back in your locker? Someone needs to shove you back in the closet and throw in a few handfuls of Zyklon-B.

:lmao:


I don't mean to jump in here but seriously?! That comment is very undude.



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18 Mar 2011, 8:42 pm

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Shove you back in your locker? Someone needs to shove you back in the closet and throw in a few handfuls of Zyklon-B.

:lmao:


I don't mean to jump in here but seriously?! That comment is very undude.


I don't understand what he said, and I'm not sure I want to understand.



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18 Mar 2011, 8:44 pm

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Shove you back in your locker? Someone needs to shove you back in the closet and throw in a few handfuls of Zyklon-B.

:lmao:


I don't mean to jump in here but seriously?! That comment is very undude.


I don't understand what he said, and I'm not sure I want to understand.


He's implying that auntblabby, as a homosexual and as a targeted minority in the holocaust, should die via Zyklon B gassing
Lovely types that sometimes gather on the right side of the room


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18 Mar 2011, 9:12 pm

Vigilans wrote:
Inuyasha wrote:
number5 wrote:
Raptor wrote:
Shove you back in your locker? Someone needs to shove you back in the closet and throw in a few handfuls of Zyklon-B.

:lmao:


I don't mean to jump in here but seriously?! That comment is very undude.


I don't understand what he said, and I'm not sure I want to understand.


He's implying that auntblabby, as a homosexual and as a targeted minority in the holocaust, should die via Zyklon B gassing
Lovely types that sometimes gather on the right side of the room


Thanks for the clarrification.

@ Raptor

Don't stoop to that level don't give into your hate, that is the liberal side.



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18 Mar 2011, 9:44 pm

Inuyasha wrote:
Vigilans wrote:
Inuyasha wrote:
number5 wrote:
Raptor wrote:
Shove you back in your locker? Someone needs to shove you back in the closet and throw in a few handfuls of Zyklon-B.

:lmao:


I don't mean to jump in here but seriously?! That comment is very undude.


I don't understand what he said, and I'm not sure I want to understand.


He's implying that auntblabby, as a homosexual and as a targeted minority in the holocaust, should die via Zyklon B gassing
Lovely types that sometimes gather on the right side of the room


Thanks for the clarrification.

@ Raptor

Don't stoop to that level don't give into your hate, that is the liberal side.


Yeah, the Nazis were being liberal minded when they gassed people with Zyklon B. That is a ret*d statement Iny


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18 Mar 2011, 9:46 pm

Vigilans wrote:
Inuyasha wrote:
Vigilans wrote:
Inuyasha wrote:
number5 wrote:
Raptor wrote:
Shove you back in your locker? Someone needs to shove you back in the closet and throw in a few handfuls of Zyklon-B.

:lmao:


I don't mean to jump in here but seriously?! That comment is very undude.


I don't understand what he said, and I'm not sure I want to understand.


He's implying that auntblabby, as a homosexual and as a targeted minority in the holocaust, should die via Zyklon B gassing
Lovely types that sometimes gather on the right side of the room


Thanks for the clarrification.

@ Raptor

Don't stoop to that level don't give into your hate, that is the liberal side.


Yeah, the Nazis were being liberal minded when they gassed people with Zyklon B. That is a ret*d statement Iny


Was referring to what Glenn Beck said a while back about how the Tea Party Protests were different from the riots in Greece.



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18 Mar 2011, 9:50 pm

Inuyasha wrote:
Vigilans wrote:
Inuyasha wrote:
Vigilans wrote:
Inuyasha wrote:
number5 wrote:
Raptor wrote:
Shove you back in your locker? Someone needs to shove you back in the closet and throw in a few handfuls of Zyklon-B.

:lmao:


I don't mean to jump in here but seriously?! That comment is very undude.


I don't understand what he said, and I'm not sure I want to understand.


He's implying that auntblabby, as a homosexual and as a targeted minority in the holocaust, should die via Zyklon B gassing
Lovely types that sometimes gather on the right side of the room


Thanks for the clarrification.

@ Raptor

Don't stoop to that level don't give into your hate, that is the liberal side.


Yeah, the Nazis were being liberal minded when they gassed people with Zyklon B. That is a ret*d statement Iny


Was referring to what Glenn Beck said a while back about how the Tea Party Protests were different from the riots in Greece.


:? Good thing we can all read your mind? I don't see the connection here
This Raptor guy's opinion does not reflect any majority of conservatives, but I can assure you no liberal thinks that way, it is the antithesis to liberalism.


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18 Mar 2011, 10:42 pm

Vigilans wrote:
Inuyasha wrote:
Vigilans wrote:
Inuyasha wrote:
Vigilans wrote:
Inuyasha wrote:
number5 wrote:
Raptor wrote:
Shove you back in your locker? Someone needs to shove you back in the closet and throw in a few handfuls of Zyklon-B.

:lmao:


I don't mean to jump in here but seriously?! That comment is very undude.


I don't understand what he said, and I'm not sure I want to understand.


He's implying that auntblabby, as a homosexual and as a targeted minority in the holocaust, should die via Zyklon B gassing
Lovely types that sometimes gather on the right side of the room


Thanks for the clarrification.

@ Raptor

Don't stoop to that level don't give into your hate, that is the liberal side.


Yeah, the Nazis were being liberal minded when they gassed people with Zyklon B. That is a ret*d statement Iny


Was referring to what Glenn Beck said a while back about how the Tea Party Protests were different from the riots in Greece.


:? Good thing we can all read your mind? I don't see the connection here
This Raptor guy's opinion does not reflect any majority of conservatives, but I can assure you no liberal thinks that way, it is the antithesis to liberalism.


Actually I can think of a liberal off the top of my head that posts here that pmed someone saying they wanted to hit them with a shovel.



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18 Mar 2011, 11:01 pm

Inuyasha wrote:
Vigilans wrote:
Inuyasha wrote:
Vigilans wrote:
Inuyasha wrote:
Vigilans wrote:
Inuyasha wrote:
number5 wrote:
Raptor wrote:
Shove you back in your locker? Someone needs to shove you back in the closet and throw in a few handfuls of Zyklon-B.

:lmao:


I don't mean to jump in here but seriously?! That comment is very undude.


I don't understand what he said, and I'm not sure I want to understand.


He's implying that auntblabby, as a homosexual and as a targeted minority in the holocaust, should die via Zyklon B gassing
Lovely types that sometimes gather on the right side of the room


Thanks for the clarrification.

@ Raptor

Don't stoop to that level don't give into your hate, that is the liberal side.


Yeah, the Nazis were being liberal minded when they gassed people with Zyklon B. That is a ret*d statement Iny


Was referring to what Glenn Beck said a while back about how the Tea Party Protests were different from the riots in Greece.


:? Good thing we can all read your mind? I don't see the connection here
This Raptor guy's opinion does not reflect any majority of conservatives, but I can assure you no liberal thinks that way, it is the antithesis to liberalism.


Actually I can think of a liberal off the top of my head that posts here that pmed someone saying they wanted to hit them with a shovel.

This is what I'm seeing:

Vigilans: All conservatives aren't like this jerk, everybody
Inuyasha: Because some guy made a threat over the internet ALL liberals are jerks


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18 Mar 2011, 11:41 pm

Vigilans wrote:
Inuyasha wrote:
Vigilans wrote:
Inuyasha wrote:
Vigilans wrote:
Inuyasha wrote:
Vigilans wrote:
Inuyasha wrote:
number5 wrote:
Raptor wrote:
Shove you back in your locker? Someone needs to shove you back in the closet and throw in a few handfuls of Zyklon-B.

:lmao:


I don't mean to jump in here but seriously?! That comment is very undude.


I don't understand what he said, and I'm not sure I want to understand.


He's implying that auntblabby, as a homosexual and as a targeted minority in the holocaust, should die via Zyklon B gassing
Lovely types that sometimes gather on the right side of the room


Thanks for the clarrification.

@ Raptor

Don't stoop to that level don't give into your hate, that is the liberal side.


Yeah, the Nazis were being liberal minded when they gassed people with Zyklon B. That is a ret*d statement Iny


Was referring to what Glenn Beck said a while back about how the Tea Party Protests were different from the riots in Greece.


:? Good thing we can all read your mind? I don't see the connection here
This Raptor guy's opinion does not reflect any majority of conservatives, but I can assure you no liberal thinks that way, it is the antithesis to liberalism.


Actually I can think of a liberal off the top of my head that posts here that pmed someone saying they wanted to hit them with a shovel.

This is what I'm seeing:

Vigilans: All conservatives aren't like this jerk, everybody
Inuyasha: Because some guy made a threat over the internet ALL liberals are jerks


I'm not saying that all liberals are jerks, just that it isn't exclusive to one side.



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18 Mar 2011, 11:53 pm

Inuyasha wrote:
Vigilans wrote:
Inuyasha wrote:
number5 wrote:
Raptor wrote:
Shove you back in your locker? Someone needs to shove you back in the closet and throw in a few handfuls of Zyklon-B.

:lmao:


I don't mean to jump in here but seriously?! That comment is very undude.


I don't understand what he said, and I'm not sure I want to understand.


He's implying that auntblabby, as a homosexual and as a targeted minority in the holocaust, should die via Zyklon B gassing
Lovely types that sometimes gather on the right side of the room


Thanks for the clarrification.

@ Raptor

Don't stoop to that level don't give into your hate, that is the liberal side.
He already f****d up dude. Crossing the line is an understatement and that's more than just getting emotional. That is straight up intolerance. What do you mean don't give into his hate? If that hate even exists in the first place then he is clearly messed in the head.

@Vigilans: Yeah Stephen Harper has been steadily increasing the defense budget. World Court Organization eh? Sounds like a supreme military court which is pretty much asking for the states to be world police lol. I still think merging was a cheap excuse to cut corners and defund the military. After Pierre Trudeau (RIP no disrespect to him) was in power half of Canada's contribution to NATO was cut.



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19 Mar 2011, 12:01 am

AceOfSpades wrote:
Inuyasha wrote:
Vigilans wrote:
Inuyasha wrote:
number5 wrote:
Raptor wrote:
Shove you back in your locker? Someone needs to shove you back in the closet and throw in a few handfuls of Zyklon-B.

:lmao:


I don't mean to jump in here but seriously?! That comment is very undude.


I don't understand what he said, and I'm not sure I want to understand.


He's implying that auntblabby, as a homosexual and as a targeted minority in the holocaust, should die via Zyklon B gassing
Lovely types that sometimes gather on the right side of the room


Thanks for the clarrification.

@ Raptor

Don't stoop to that level don't give into your hate, that is the liberal side.
He already f**** up dude. Crossing the line is an understatement and that's more than just getting emotional. That is straight up intolerance. What do you mean don't give into his hate? If that hate even exists in the first place then he is clearly messed in the head.

@Vigilans: Yeah Stephen Harper has been steadily increasing the defense budget. World Court Organization eh? Sounds like a supreme military court which is pretty much asking for the states to be world police lol. I still think merging was a cheap excuse to cut corners and defund the military. After Pierre Trudeau (RIP no disrespect to him) was in power half of Canada's contribution to NATO was cut.


What do you think of Mr Harper? He seems like a notoriously absentee leader (not in policy, but in public appearances). Then again I don't watch the news all that much...


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19 Mar 2011, 6:55 am

AceOfSpades wrote:
Inuyasha wrote:
Vigilans wrote:
Inuyasha wrote:
number5 wrote:
Raptor wrote:
Shove you back in your locker? Someone needs to shove you back in the closet and throw in a few handfuls of Zyklon-B.

:lmao:


I don't mean to jump in here but seriously?! That comment is very undude.


I don't understand what he said, and I'm not sure I want to understand.


He's implying that auntblabby, as a homosexual and as a targeted minority in the holocaust, should die via Zyklon B gassing
Lovely types that sometimes gather on the right side of the room


Thanks for the clarrification.

@ Raptor

Don't stoop to that level don't give into your hate, that is the liberal side.
He already f**** up dude. Crossing the line is an understatement and that's more than just getting emotional. That is straight up intolerance. What do you mean don't give into his hate? If that hate even exists in the first place then he is clearly messed in the head.

@Vigilans: Yeah Stephen Harper has been steadily increasing the defense budget. World Court Organization eh? Sounds like a supreme military court which is pretty much asking for the states to be world police lol. I still think merging was a cheap excuse to cut corners and defund the military. After Pierre Trudeau (RIP no disrespect to him) was in power half of Canada's contribution to NATO was cut.


:roll:
Whether it was over the top, uncool, or whatever, get over the remark to auntblabby already.
It wasn't meant to be political one way or the other.
Or don't get over it, it won't really matter to me.........



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19 Mar 2011, 12:26 pm

Raptor wrote:
AceOfSpades wrote:
Inuyasha wrote:
Vigilans wrote:
Inuyasha wrote:
number5 wrote:
Raptor wrote:
Shove you back in your locker? Someone needs to shove you back in the closet and throw in a few handfuls of Zyklon-B.

:lmao:


I don't mean to jump in here but seriously?! That comment is very undude.


I don't understand what he said, and I'm not sure I want to understand.


He's implying that auntblabby, as a homosexual and as a targeted minority in the holocaust, should die via Zyklon B gassing
Lovely types that sometimes gather on the right side of the room


Thanks for the clarrification.

@ Raptor

Don't stoop to that level don't give into your hate, that is the liberal side.
He already f**** up dude. Crossing the line is an understatement and that's more than just getting emotional. That is straight up intolerance. What do you mean don't give into his hate? If that hate even exists in the first place then he is clearly messed in the head.

@Vigilans: Yeah Stephen Harper has been steadily increasing the defense budget. World Court Organization eh? Sounds like a supreme military court which is pretty much asking for the states to be world police lol. I still think merging was a cheap excuse to cut corners and defund the military. After Pierre Trudeau (RIP no disrespect to him) was in power half of Canada's contribution to NATO was cut.


:roll:
Whether it was over the top, uncool, or whatever, get over the remark to auntblabby already.
It wasn't meant to be political one way or the other.
Or don't get over it, it won't really matter to me.........


Put a filter on your thoughts, maybe. You blew your credibility in this discussion when you decided to disgust us all with your tasteless sense of humor. Regardless of what was going on between you and ab, everyone here is tired of you. Now run along little man, nobody cares what you think anymore :D

Lets get this discussion on track sans-Raptor aka douche of the day, lets forget about the past 6 pages gentlemen, because this is actually a discussion worth having

Ace brought up a good point about how merging the different armed forces branches seems like a cheap excuse to save funding.
What do you think a Joint US forces would be like? Pros, cons?


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Put a filter on your thoughts, maybe. You blew your credibility in this discussion when you decided to disgust us all with your tasteless sense of humor. Regardless of what was going on between you and ab, everyone here is tired of you. Now run along little man, nobody cares what you think anymore .


Guess what? I’m still here!
The discussion, and I use the term loosely, never had any credibility so nothing was lost here. In fact, it doesn’t even belong in this forum, it belongs in the political forum if anywhere.

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Lets get this discussion on track sans-Raptor aka douche of the day, lets forget about the past 6 pages gentlemen, because this is actually a discussion worth having


It was never a discussion worth having, especially not the way it was started. It was started in the attempt to draw ridicule so the individual that started it could have something to cry about when it got bombarded.
You’re a fool for accepting this thread as a serious discussion.