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<blockquote data-quote="vantexan" data-source="post: 5183478" data-attributes="member: 24302"><p>We&#039;re the richest nation in the world because at the end of WWII we were the only major industrial power standing.&nbsp; We&#039;ve devolved into destroying the middle class while the few remaining industries we have are trying to grab as much as possible.&nbsp; One of them, the MIC as you put it, fills up campaign coffers to get politicians to get us into pointless wars.&nbsp; And young hotheads are manipulated with flag waving, wanting to prove what bad asses we are compared to other militaries.&nbsp; We need a strong military but we don&#039;t need to remind others repeatedly that we are strong.&nbsp; As for Afghanistan it&#039;s ridiculous to believe they fought us to a standstill over 20 years.&nbsp; We allowed that to happen and if you think it was for any other reason than making money you&#039;re naive.&nbsp; Fighting those wars didn&#039;t make us richer.&nbsp; A big chunk of our national debt is from fighting those wars.&nbsp; Money that went to the MIC while we got people killed and maimed.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="vantexan, post: 5183478, member: 24302"] We're the richest nation in the world because at the end of WWII we were the only major industrial power standing. We've devolved into destroying the middle class while the few remaining industries we have are trying to grab as much as possible. One of them, the MIC as you put it, fills up campaign coffers to get politicians to get us into pointless wars. And young hotheads are manipulated with flag waving, wanting to prove what bad asses we are compared to other militaries. We need a strong military but we don't need to remind others repeatedly that we are strong. As for Afghanistan it's ridiculous to believe they fought us to a standstill over 20 years. We allowed that to happen and if you think it was for any other reason than making money you're naive. Fighting those wars didn't make us richer. A big chunk of our national debt is from fighting those wars. Money that went to the MIC while we got people killed and maimed. [/QUOTE]

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