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PamW

(1,825 posts)
32. How do you defend the USA?
Sun Jan 19, 2014, 05:28 PM
Jan 2014

The USA is a great experiment in how a country should be run.

The USA has faced threats to its very existence; from the Government of England originally, to more modern day threats from the Fascist powers of World War II, to the Soviet Union during the Cold War.

Thankfully, we have many Patriots that sacrificed their blood and their lives to maintain this great nation.

Even today; the USA has a nuclear-tipped armada of missiles arrayed against it, courtesy of Russia.

So how will we defend the USA from Russia's nuclear-tipped armada of missiles?

Do you think a bunch of "peaceniks" singing "Kumbayah" is going to deter Russia:

http://d.lib.ncsu.edu/collections/catalog/0228016

Do you think that will hold Russia's missiles at bay?

Alternatively, one might use the capabilities of the US Navy's fleet of Trident Fleet Ballistic Missile Subs:



If it's all the same to you; I put my trust in the US Navy.

The USS Tennessee launches 4 of her 24 missiles in about a minute; each of those missiles if they were live would have multiple nuclear warheads, each of which would be many times the destructive power of the World War II bombs. Someone would have a pretty bad day if that happened for real.

THAT is what keeps the peace.

PamW

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Its not a matter of If madokie Jan 2014 #1
What gets me is they propose a huge expansion of nuclear cprise Jan 2014 #2
Police State is NOT needed PamW Jan 2014 #4
And don't forget, "Deadly Force is Authorized!!!" kristopher Jan 2014 #5
Yes - that does happen to be a FACT!!! PamW Jan 2014 #8
But you went about 10 miles beyond that, didn't you? kristopher Jan 2014 #9
Your are welcome... PamW Jan 2014 #12
"Just go to one of DOE's nuclear weapons facilities" kristopher Jan 2014 #25
Tell that to... PamW Jan 2014 #27
I'm fascinated by the robot machine gun part caraher Jan 2014 #28
Samsung SGR-A1 PamW Jan 2014 #29
This is the lady who "got off" without being shot Iterate Jan 2014 #13
It turned out better than it could have. PamW Jan 2014 #15
That last line is straight out of Beck, Fox, or Limbaugh, Iterate Jan 2014 #19
It's my own words... PamW Jan 2014 #20
That's one of the most bizzare self-claims of "great minds think alike" Iterate Jan 2014 #24
Let's see... PamW Jan 2014 #22
By that standard MLK, Ghandi, Thoreau, John Lewis, Bill McKibben, Nelson Mandela, Iterate Jan 2014 #23
You made my point.. PamW Jan 2014 #26
Not surprised you'd call that (too short) list a "rogues gallery" and hold them "in EXTREME disdain" Iterate Jan 2014 #30
Rouges Gallery PamW Jan 2014 #31
Of course you have to exclude King and Mandela from "the rouges gallery". Iterate Jan 2014 #33
Martin Luther King protested using Civil Disobediance, do you think he shouldn't have? CreekDog Jan 2014 #36
How bad were those releases? PamW Jan 2014 #18
How do you defend the USA? PamW Jan 2014 #32
Utterly bizarre Iterate Jan 2014 #34
DELUSIONAL???? PamW Jan 2014 #35
Astonishingly, Sister Megan Rice didn't train to negotiate with Putin. Iterate Jan 2014 #38
This message was self-deleted by its author madokie Jan 2014 #39
O RLY? cprise Jan 2014 #6
OH PULEEEEZ... PamW Jan 2014 #7
You are damned by your own words, PG. kristopher Jan 2014 #10
Shilling for the nuclear power industry madokie Jan 2014 #11
I know there's an element of hysteria re: dirty bombs cprise Jan 2014 #14
Not inconsistent at all PamW Jan 2014 #16
You do so implicitly cprise Jan 2014 #17
I AM proud of them PamW Jan 2014 #21
Taiwan has been having a huge debate since before Fukushima kristopher Jan 2014 #3
Taiwan Nuclear Energy arachadillo Jan 2014 #37
Nuclear power justifies extending use of deadly force authority to rent-a-cops? kristopher Feb 2014 #40
This is not something where security officers will be able to shoot protestors. MADem Feb 2014 #41
I think it adds a layer of implied legitimacy to any such action kristopher Mar 2014 #43
That murdering Zimmerman isn't a good example, though. MADem Mar 2014 #44
The actions of the militarized police demonstrate what that worries me. kristopher Mar 2014 #45
Well, all of our energy systems are vulnerable--if not to people trying to breach MADem Mar 2014 #46
The social consequences of nuclear power are unique kristopher Mar 2014 #47
Someone hacking the electricity grid can do a helluva lotta damage and that doesn't matter MADem Mar 2014 #48
Apples and oranges kristopher Mar 2014 #49
Well, I like wind and solar, myself. MADem Mar 2014 #50
+1 kristopher Mar 2014 #51
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