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Mike, I'd like to point out that I get the distinct impression that you think the US is the military saviour of every world conflict there has ever been. Am I misreading you?
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You Canadiens are goof balls - I was not giving that impression, I was saying that since we are going to occupy Iraq like we did Germany and Japan for a long time, we are not going to be destroying infrastructure and killing people for fun.
However now that you mention it, in the 20th Century the US has been the military savioud of every major ( and minor) conflict in which we have been in.
Starting in WWI, WWII, Korea, Vietnam ( though we could have done better), countless battles in Latin America, the Cold War, Somolia, Former Yugoslavia ( only coutnry to ACT, and did it without the UN - french and germany still cried, and probably Canadiens as well), Hatie, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia.
And on top of it, our deployment of OUR Military, (our brothers, fathers, sons, friends) at our expense ( trillions of $$$s) have protected many countries, and PREVENTED many wars. This is why a large strong military is an asset, NOT to fight wars but to prevent them.
Our Military is still deployed around the world helping people out - and of course I am not sayin we are doing it because we are nice guys, we do it because it is in OUR BEST INTEREST. But a lot of good comes from it for the world.... including the world wide economy - and stability.