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Originally Posted by daswig
It's better to be armed than unarmed. Why should we trust our security on the "good intent" of others? If somebody does something to harm you, you shouldn't "take it", you should kick their teeth in so that they don't do it again.
If you love peace, prepare for war.
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Armed is one thing, but an arms race is another. If everyone feels they need to be as armed or more armed than their neighbor, are we any safer? In every circumstance? Being armed kept the Soviet Union out of an all out invasion (which would not have happened anyway), but bankrupted the country and led to its demise.