<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>Sounds like a plan.</span></div><div><br></div> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <div class="hr" style="margin: 5px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); height: 0px; line-height: 0; font-size: 0px;" contenteditable="false" readonly="true"></div> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Drew <rainbeaufriend@riseup.net><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> GPSCC <sosfbay-discuss@cagreens.org> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Monday, November 11, 2013 7:21 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [GPSCC-chat] Fwd: Re: [gpca-forum] A
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<b>From:</b> Gloria Purcell <gloria@extragalactic.net><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Mon Nov 11 17:44:54 PST 2013<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [gpca-forum] A Modest Proposal on Veterans Day<br>
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<pre class="yiv336891366k9mail">Nah, too much clarity and transparency....you don't seem to appreciate <br>the benefits of byzantine bureaucracy coupled with a complete lack of <br>morality. Brian, Brian....<br>Gloria<br>(Sounds great; how to achieve it???!!!)<br>On Nov 11, 2013, at 3:25 PM, Brian wrote:<br><br><blockquote class="yiv336891366gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex; border-left-color: rgb(114, 159, 207); border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid;">Let's break up the Department of Defense into two separate agencies.<br><br>One will keep the name of the Department of Defense, and will be <br>restricted to defending the borders of the USA.<br>Lt. Col. Robert Bowman, USAF (ret.) claimed that this mission could <br>be fulfilled for just 20% of the budget consumed<br>by the DoD today.<br><br>The second we'll call the Department of Global Domination, and this <br>one will be responsible for maintaining the
700<br>military bases around the world, flying the drone strikes that
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<br>farmers in their fields and anyone else in the vicinity,<br>funding offensive weapons like the new $15 billion aircraft carrier, <br>and generally creating ill will around the world.<br><br>Currently enlisted personnel and new recruits can choose which <br>agency they wish to join. Those who wish to<br>participate in the honorable profession of national defense could do <br>so. Those who yearn for adventure and the<br>bragging rights from committing crimes around the world can do so as <br>long as the political will for funding them<br>continues--with the caveat that the USA will not shield them from <br>international criminal liability for their crimes.<br><br><br><br><br><br><div class="hr" style="margin: 5px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); height: 0px; line-height: 0; font-size: 0px;" contenteditable="false" readonly="true"></div><br>gpca-forum mailing
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