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Do you think that these projects don't further the DoD's core objectives? The vast majority of such projects do contribute to the departments ability to wage wa

Do you think that these projects don't further the DoD's core objectives? The vast majority of such projects do contribute to the departments ability to wage war and build a competent force.

iratewizard 5y ago
Maintaining wildlife is part of national defense too, I would argue.
flavius29663 5y ago
everything that goes well in the country contributes to the DoD ability to wage war
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lmkg 5y ago
Free school lunches in the US are a defense program. The draft in WWII was impeded by the fact that poor kids tended to be malnourished, and grew up to be physically unfit for military service.
- nradov 5y ago
  Ironically the military now rejects so many potential recruits for obesity that it has become a national security threat. https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2018/10/10/americas-obesity-is-threatening-national-security-according-to-this-study/ https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2018/10/10/americas...
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  - dzdt 5y ago
    So Michelle Obama should have tried to position the push for improved nutrition in school lunches as a pro-military effort to get conservative support?
    - angelzen 5y ago
      To get conservative support, Michelle should consider a push to support one income families where one family member can dedicate themselves to provide improved nutrition for their own children. Conservatives believe that the State is not a proper substitute for mother + father family, but any measure strengthening the biological family is absolutely anathema in liberal circles. At some level your rhetorical question acknowledges this state of affairs.
      - zenithd 5y ago
        The Democrat's Expanded Child Tax Credit is the single largest transfer of wealth to SAHMs in the history of the country.
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- jacobsievers 5y ago
  I guess that would make any assistance by a state to its population a defense program, yes?

Do you think that these projects don't further the DoD's core objectives? The vast majority of such projects do contribute to the departments ability to wage war and build a competent force.

iratewizard 5y ago

Maintaining wildlife is part of national defense too, I would argue.

flavius29663 5y ago

everything that goes well in the country contributes to the DoD ability to wage war

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lmkg 5y ago

Free school lunches in the US are a defense program. The draft in WWII was impeded by the fact that poor kids tended to be malnourished, and grew up to be physically unfit for military service.

nradov 5y ago
Ironically the military now rejects so many potential recruits for obesity that it has become a national security threat. https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2018/10/10/americas-obesity-is-threatening-national-security-according-to-this-study/ https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2018/10/10/americas...
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- dzdt 5y ago
  So Michelle Obama should have tried to position the push for improved nutrition in school lunches as a pro-military effort to get conservative support?
  - angelzen 5y ago
    To get conservative support, Michelle should consider a push to support one income families where one family member can dedicate themselves to provide improved nutrition for their own children. Conservatives believe that the State is not a proper substitute for mother + father family, but any measure strengthening the biological family is absolutely anathema in liberal circles. At some level your rhetorical question acknowledges this state of affairs.
    - zenithd 5y ago
      The Democrat's Expanded Child Tax Credit is the single largest transfer of wealth to SAHMs in the history of the country.
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jacobsievers 5y ago
I guess that would make any assistance by a state to its population a defense program, yes?