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Originally Posted by willravel
No, they were absolutely right. ANY standing army is a insane mistake of global proportions. The military as it exists today is one of the -- if not the -- most dangerous forces in history. The thing is, the framers existed in a time before the industrial military complex had bought off politicans for decades in order to creat a perminant standing army in the US. Since that has already happened now, and unringing that bell would take a revolution, we have to work within the confines of reality. We have to work from inside the system we live in.
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I don't know that I have a problem with a standing army. If we're attacked I'd much rather have a military full of people who've been training for years to defend us than a bunch of civilians who don't know how to load a rifle. I just have a problem with using that army for any reason other than defense.