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104. Just because we did not end up with Romney or McCain does not mean

that we should blindly follow the Obama government (or for that matter whoever is President). After the endless years in Iraq and Afghanistan, the last thing we need is to get involved in yet another war. We need to keep our eyes and attention 1000% firmly on what is going on within our own country. Do you really think that, if we go to the rescue of the Syrian civilians, the wacko Republicans in Washington and throughout the states will stop their non-stop efforts to pass legislation to try to destroy female reproductive rights, impede voting rights, deny LGBT equal rights, and whatever else they want to pass in order to keep the masses down trodden while protecting the 1%ers, Corporations and the MIC? Look at what has occurred as a result of 9-11, the Patriot Act and Homeland Security. Federal funds (in the name of Homeland Security) have allowed way too many police forces to become militarized with equipment that is normally found in armies. We have an increasingly out of control police forces who routinely abuse their powers (and are not brought to heel by local/federal government(s) or by the good cops).

If we continue down the road we are on, I would like to know who on this planet will come to aid of American civilians down the road.

It seems like when people start to wake up to what is going on, our government either starts to play the terrorist threat card or try to get us into another war. And like the good sheep that we have become, people will change the focus of their attention. We have become a nation of ADD with a population that has a problem maintaining focus.