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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>
<b>To:</b> GPCA member general discussion <gpca-forum@cagreens.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [gpca-forum] A Modest Proposal on Veterans Day<br>
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<pre class="k9mail">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="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #729fcf; padding-left: 1ex;">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 kill
<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 /><hr /><br />gpca-forum mailing list<br />gpca-forum@cagreens.org<br /><a href="http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/gpca-forum">http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/gpca-forum</a></blockquote><br /><hr /><br />gpca-forum mailing list<br
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