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Then what is your post replying to? A poster above said that Trump's military spending shows he's a warmonger, and I said it's well known to anyone who even rem
by DaUR 10y ago
Then what is your post replying to? A poster above said that Trump's military spending shows he's a warmonger, and I said it's well known to anyone who even remotely followed the election that he believes in "peace through strength", so his military spending doesn't prove he's a warmonger.
The only strawman was yours.
- nkozyra 10y agoI didn't reply to the warmonger post. I'm not responsible for contextually connecting every one of my posts to every other in a thread. Although I see that by not doing so it gives you the opportunity to reply with this sort of non reply.
- DaUR 10y ago> to every other in a thread You're misrepresenting. You: If he cuts back on foreign intervention, this extraordinary emphasis on "rebuilding" our military (whatever that means given the relative size of our military) makes even less sense. Me: Yes it does, "Peace through Strength" Followed by your hyper-aggressive, completely off-topic comment right here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13789479 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13789479 Why did I need to write the above up?
- nkozyra 10y agoThough I'm not sure you're arguing in good faith ... Peace through strength is not something that requires additional military resources. I'm not sure why you're being obtuse about this. He promised during the campaign to cut the debt; his proposed budget would do the opposite. "Peace Through Strength" is, again, a platitude, but even if we take it at face value we have strength at 4x+ and other nation.
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