On Sat, Mar 29, 2014 at 11:39 AM, Vivec <[email protected]> wrote: > > ᧠> " Because medical care is a wholly owned state monopoly, if > they give more care to Mary, John has to get less. Fair's fair." > > Not true, and not reflected in any reality of healthcare in Europe's > developed nations. >
It most certainly does. How can it not? "In fact, of course, Europe is not an island of peace in the world. Every > international war since Napoleon has started in Europe" > > Highlighting where the region was centuries ago is a weak argument for > where it is in the present. > The last few major wars and military actions we have had have been > spearheaded by America. > > So the history of world wars is in the past so no longer relevant? Seems like you have the weak argument. > "Which is why the > European Union has one overriding goal: To avoid another European war." > > That is another false premise, this has never been the overriding mandate > of the European Union. To even suggest that is so ludicrous that one > wonders if it even makes sense reading the rest of the article. > > I agree, the entire purpose of the EU was to become a super power bigger than the US. No European nation could achieve that alone. > "Europe has cannibalized its military to feed the welfare state." > > Another false statement. There is no country in the world, including Russia > and China which spends such a disproportionate amount of money on its > military industrial complex as the United States. It is only in that > context that Europe's military spending seems underwhelming. > > And if China or Russia marched into Europe they'd do well without the US? It's not just our borders we're protecting. > "Obama is withdrawing U.S. military protection from our allies, on the > historically > dubious bet that everything will turn out all right." > > Another falsehood. What bases are the UNited States closing in Europe? What > troops are being moved en masse back to the United States? > > Poland, but It's not about the troops, it's about the support. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:369662 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
