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Bucky

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17. Sorry, somehow I deleted that paragraph

Tue Dec 27, 2011, 01:53 PM

Dec 2011

The boon to America is that the goods imported from those countries comes at a lower price because they are not diverting resources into buying big competing armies and navies. And of course because they are not fighting wars, there is not disruption of trade among each other and back and forth with the US that would come from actual fighting.

All war spending is a huge black hole of lost commercial productivity. I think we should be diverting fewer resources to our navy, but I don't think the reduction should be so great that we jeopardize the three generations of expanding peace and economic development that our historic dominance has brought us. As those populations over in the Rim gain more affluence, American export opportunities will grow. That's our dog in this hunt.

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Okinawa Governor wants US base moved out [View all] NNN0LHI Dec 2011 OP

+1 n/t doc03 Dec 2011 #1

I'm with him too. MoonRiver Dec 2011 #2

This message was self-deleted by its author Obamanaut Dec 2011 #3

I think we should close almost all US military bases MineralMan Dec 2011 #4

Not a good development. America's navy really needs operating bases in eastern Asia Bucky Dec 2011 #5

With our war record in the Middle East and elsewhere? RC Dec 2011 #6

The United States and peacful inetent in the same sentence. sarcasmo Dec 2011 #7

Glad to give you a giggle Bucky Dec 2011 #16

Why should the US people pay to patrol the Pacific Ocean? You haven't made your case. nt Romulox Dec 2011 #8

How else can we enjoy our cheap goods? Robb Dec 2011 #10

"Externalities" (e.g. a massive military shield) give a bogus sense of "cheap". It's not "cheap" Romulox Dec 2011 #11

If the US withdrew from the Pacific, those goods wouldn't be so cheap Bucky Dec 2011 #13

I think reality makes the case. Bucky Dec 2011 #12

I agree with you d_r Dec 2011 #14

I notice you didn't mention the interests of the AMERICAN PEOPLE once in your lengthy response! nt Romulox Dec 2011 #15

Sorry, somehow I deleted that paragraph Bucky Dec 2011 #17

Your answer is contradictory. How can a "huge black hole of lost commercial productivity" be a boon? Romulox Dec 2011 #19

Don't make me laugh. The Japanese people will never agree to allow the US to leave Japan. Romulox Dec 2011 #9

For anyone wanting to know why read "Blowback" by Chalmers Johnson. I totally agree. jwirr Dec 2011 #18