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Xipe Totec Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 03:48 PM
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Should the United States engage in Nation Building?
and if so, should it engage in nation building at home first?
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Craftsman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 03:49 PM
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1. Heck no.
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FiveGoodMen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 03:49 PM
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2. You stole my answer before I could give it.
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valerief Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 03:49 PM
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3. Yes, they should build the United States into a first world nation. nt
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JuniperLea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 04:05 PM
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9. Well played!
:thumbsup:
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AllentownJake Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 03:49 PM
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4. No
It is rarely succesful
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kimmerspixelated Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 03:50 PM
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5. Yes! Our Own!
FIRST and foremost. It will take a long time to build it all properly. I see lots of jobs for everyone if only we can commit.
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uppityperson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 03:52 PM
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6. More info is needed, please define your terms. thank you. nt
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Xipe Totec Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 03:57 PM
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7. Spend money to improve infrastructure and improve the standard of living,
Spend money to ensure free fair an open elections.

Spend money to improve the health, education, and well being of a nation.

Any nation.

Even our own...
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JuniperLea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 04:05 PM
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8. We should fix us first...
Then we will be in a better position to help others.

We need to tighten the purse strings in many regards, imho.
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Brigid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 04:07 PM
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10. Sure, why not?
It works so well. :sarcasm:
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 04:16 PM
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11. I think our first priority should be to stop tearing other nations down
Such as our many decades of interference in Latin America.
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Xipe Totec Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 04:26 PM
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14. No argument from me on that point
:hi:
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Bucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 04:20 PM
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12. Yes, absolutely. We shouldn't do it alone and the focus should be human rights, but...
Yes, we should do it. Done right (as it was in Germany & Japan) it can save lives and create allies. Had it been done in Palestine or Lebanon, there'd be fewer wars and more people advancing human rights in the Muslim world.
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Joe Fields Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 04:22 PM
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13. Ours is the only nation we should be building. No if's and's or but's.
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Xipe Totec Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 04:32 PM
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15. Obsolutely!
I think you get my point:

Why is it that spending money for Iraq and Afghanistan does not have to be budget neutral, but spending money for the betterment of Americans does?

Why is the public option subject to a budgetary litmus test, but money for nation building Iraq and Afghanistan isn't?
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Joe Fields Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 04:42 PM
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16. Those are the questions that can drive a caring American crazy.
Really, though, we know the answers. They are just not palatable to us citizens who still believe in democracy.
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