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Originally Posted by ranxer

-reduction in respect etc. worldwide

Hardly. We never had any respect anyway.

-a huge dept of lies to maintain

...which only liberals seem to care about.

-monster presence to maintain that is still a gamble with many lives and violates many rules of a just society

What do you consider a "just society?" I ascribe to the Nozickian believe that justice goes with entitlement. In any case, is maintaining a presence in foreign countries bad for national security? It's not like our armed forces are running thin here.

-which costs a ton

Not bad for national security.

-involves many of our family members, coworkers etc. that
are being exposed to the hell of war. not to mention innocents and unwilling combatants.

You join the army to fight. Anyway, it's not bad for national security.

-an increase in number of enemies, (defending what they see as attacks on thier homeland

Probably, but that will not offset the gains in security. It's more about how much money terrorist organizations have than how much people at this point.

-a repeat of pre-emptive military imperialism that only the U.S. is allowed to do. reaffirming the notion that war solves problems etc

War does solve problems. Especially when you have a huge military. Again, not bad for national security.

these long term problems created by the bush administration have driven a new spurt in a security police state economy but the cost will be coming in for many years. plus, part of this economic 'recovery' is a borrowing on the future that may backfire.

Not bad for national security.