We have to maintain that “new world order” somehow right?
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All the talk about RMA (Revolution in Military Affairs) post PG1 in my opinion led to an arms race with everyone else. Had we not invaded and shown off our capability, our “peer” competitors would not have seen the massive advantage we actually had over them. Their military budgets wouldn’t have ballooned accordingly.…
I am a libertarian, for example: I don’t believe in a progressive tax. It’s practical, but it’s not fair. A rich person is not creating negative externalities on a poor person by being rich. Income tax does nothing to the MD of a hedge fund, or the captains of industry who actually have the “power” you speak of - they…
Basically, regulation costs $, but we don’t see it as a tax so it doesn’t always get implemented in an efficient way and that costs us in the form of delayed progress. Any opinion on the renewable vs nuclear argument? I see that you really don’t like the term central planning. My problem is with the government and…
CFL my bad. I’m not saying not to push for efficiency!! We can do that by taxing carbon or total energy usage, picking CFL over incandescent worked, but it was not the best way to fix the problem. It was the most politically expedient. It’s easier to tell people to switch out their light bulbs than to tax them for…
My thinking is probably not crystal clear, as I was up studying for exams so I’m a bit fried. But I apologize for coming across as combative.
And some of us look at central planning and heavy handed regulation as some kind of attempt at pulling off an economic miracle. In order to grow the economy you have to make more stuff and bring it to market or provide more services to more people. Shuffling money around the economy from one person to the other…
Here is one thing though, screw Assad’s opposition. The Sunnis control plenty of territory. The protesters had guns, they shot at security forces. I support Constitutional Secular Democracy (Like a Republic!), with protection for minorities. None of this bullshit post Arab Spring “democratic” Islamism. If the funding…
I have very close Polish friends, and I have visited the country, it’s awesome. They are still very angry about what communism did to them, especially the attempt to stamp out Catholicism. Even though the Germans killed many Polish people they let them keep their faith. I think it’s a big reason they don’t have the…
Why is it that Democrats hate on libertarians so much? We’re half way on your side, many of us just don’t want to be paying off the debts of the “greatest generation” for the rest of our lives.
Edit: I did not watch the video. I accept the public shaming that will ensue, and I apologize for my snarkiness.
The problem is that the EU wouldn’t let Ukraine join unless Yanukovych released Tymoshenko. Seemed like they wanted to pave the way for them to join NATO and the EU. That would be more than just a little posturing against Putin.
Sorry for double posting, just saw this article and wanted to bring it into thee discussion.
Allow me to preface this by saying this is not some manic rant, but I do recognize almost no one wants to read a post this long (sorry). I have been reading comments on this site for quite some time and have held my tongue for a while. Here goes:
I wasn’t implying that those forward deployed missiles alone would create a first strike situation. They could, in theory, delay a counter attack long enough for the ICBMs to land and knock the silos out. However, I am by no means an expert on BMD or nuclear weapons. Realistically, we wouldn’t have a true first strike…
I’d rather give the Poles atomic demolition mines to prevent an invasion than a bunch of fancy missiles that Putin could see as a set up for a first strike. Not everyone who disagrees with you is a socialist or a pacifist. Thank you for your service, and I know the Polish people are tough as nails.
I had a professor who said that the missiles used for the shield could easily be re-purposed into first strike weapons. Essentially, we’d be putting potentially nuclear armed missiles on their doorstep, giving them no chance to retaliate. Not irrational of Putin to not want that in Poland where they are still quite…