The Importance of Maintaining a Strong Defense

The Heritage Foundation sat down with Frances Fragos Townsend, former Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism and former New Jersey Governor and 9/11 Commission Chairman Thomas Kean to discuss the national security threats we face and the concerns they have for our national defense in light of these looming cuts in defense.

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[yakyakyak69]

@intrepidorator

Give any POLITICIAN the money & power to "redistribute & regulate" & they will ALWAYS benefit THEIR “special interest” campaign backers; Banks, Wall Street, Military-Industrial Complex, Marxist Union Bosses, Giant "Green" Corps, Big Oil etc.

Progressivism aka “statism” CREATES Cronyism.

FIAT (counterfeit) debt-currency from the Fed just FUELS THE FIRE!

Watch: “G. Edward Griffin: Individualism & Capitalism vs. Collectivism & Monopolies” here on YouTube!

End the FED

[intrepidorator]

@yakyakyak69 You say Statist I say progressive, nothing I have said is untrue or only half true. We haven't had a conservative president in 30 years, and the state of our country proves that progressivism is destructive.

[yakyakyak69]

@intrepidorator You mean undeniable HALF-truth!

A half-truth is WORSE than a lie because it can be partially defended.

The WHOLE truth is that BOTH political parties are but 2 wings on the SAME statist bird of prey. Both wings love war because it empowers them.  Both wings hate individual liberty because they hate personal responsibility. Both love dependance on gov't to one extend or another and both love OTHER people's money!

Why? Watch "Statism's Assembly Line" here on YouTube.

[intrepidorator]

@yakyakyak69 What, don't be a fool, I never mentioned political parties, I merely pointed out the undeniable truth.

[yakyakyak69]

@intrepidorator That is the problem!

Like a "good sheeple" you're still playing their D vs R game.

This is about the Rule of Law, NOT "Democrat vs Republican" BOTH are just wings of the Big Gov't Constitution-Hating Oligarchy.

Give any POLITICIAN the money & power to "redistribute & regulate" & they will ALWAYS become cronies & benefit THEIR “special interest” campaign backers; Banks, Wall Street, Military-Industrial Complex, Marxist Union Bosses, Giant "Green" Corps, Big Oil etc.

[intrepidorator]

@yakyakyak69 right, the war powers act gave the president permission to send in troops to kill our enemy for 90 days, then the congress must give approval, King Obama did not even seek approval for the killing in Libya, it is an illegal war.

[yakyakyak69]

@intrepidorator

A War Powers Resolution is NOT a Declaration of War!

Then again, Congress did not declare war on Vietnam, Grenada, Lebanon, Somalia, Haiti, Panama, Serbia, or Bosnia either. But U.S. military personnel killed people in those countries and/or were killed in those countries during military actions—acts of war.

Congress has not declared War since WWII giving us IN FACT a Military Dictatorship!

[yakyakyak69]

@intrepidorator The war powers act ONLY comes into play AFTER Congress DECLARES war!

Congress has not DECLARED war since WWII!

You also said: " I strongly condemn any government who tramples individual liberty."

So, how's that "patriot act" working out for you?

What about the Department of Fatherland Security?

Warrentless wire taps? Unlimited prison without charge or trail? Suspension of Habeas corpus? Presidential "hit lists"? (should I go on?)

Define Hypocrite!

[intrepidorator]

@yakyakyak69 Thats the point that I ade about Obama. I stated clearly that Libya is an illegal war. Obama did not get approval from congress to engage in war with Libya. however Iraq had congressional approval. This power was given to the president under the "war powers act".

I think that you don't understand the term statist. I am not a statist. I strongly condemn any government who tramples individual liberty.

[yakyakyak69]

@intrepidorator Like most statists, you don't tell the WHOLE truth!

You statement SHOULD read:

"No country that USA occupies is doing so against the will of its [bribed, threatened, or coerced] leaders.

Now, WHERE in the Constitution does it say the that the president can engage in "regime change" and endless wars without a DECLARATION of WAR by the US Congress?