| Due to budget cuts and the lack of supplemental bills | | | | today. |
| going through Congress one has to wonder if the US | | | | Freedom is not free, and it costs money, as our |
| Military will be able to protect us, all our allies, and our | | | | founding fathers agreed that the number one |
| bases around the world. When there are no wars | | | | responsibility of government was to protect the |
| going on in the world, often the U.S. Congress will cut | | | | American people. Today, our US Senators and |
| the military budget. This is completely unwise because | | | | Congressmen seem to believe that social programs |
| the longer between wars the more apt than a | | | | are what the government should be spending our tax |
| nation-state will challenge the United States, as they | | | | payer's money on. |
| have forgotten our ominous power. | | | | It is highly interesting that we have gone so far to |
| Furthermore, if we cut the military budget down to | | | | the opposite extreme. Without a strong military, we |
| barebones then our ominous power will no longer be | | | | cannot maintain our civilization and society. If we |
| acceptable to protect the American people. It is | | | | show weakness, there will be further intrusions and |
| fortunate that the United States military has to | | | | challenges to our needs, our world trade, and the |
| spend money to PR itself, but it is necessary and | | | | safety of all Americans traveling abroad. We live in a |
| often, the citizens of the United States forget that it | | | | global world now and we must maintain a global |
| is our powerful military that has kept us strong and | | | | strength. Please consider all this and pick up the |
| without it we'd probably all be speaking German | | | | phone and call your congress person today. |