Small moment of American pride.

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I didn't lose anything. I showed you that we did respond to the attack on the Cole with the military. you claimed that the military had not accomplished anything in the past 10-15 years.

I also showed you that the Soviet Union was around still less than 30 years ago, and was a threat to the US, which you asked for, implying that we had not threats against us in the last 30 years.

Im still trying to find where I claimed or implied any of this. I think you just might be failing at reading comprehension. Sorry...

The nukes in Russia are still aimed at the US, that is fact, and our nukes are still aimed at them. These facts are undeniable, and nuclear war is still a threat. While tensions are not at all time highs, the threat remains, and our military is our first line of defense. ICBMs can easily hit anywhere in the US, not just Alaska. You don't seem to understand the distance that rockets can travel, and if you think that we can just pop them out of the air, you do not understand the difficulty of hitting a target like that.
Now, personaly, I do not think that we will have a nuclear war in the near future, but the threat remains regardless of what you wish to believe.

So....you agree with me and just want to frame it like you're right and I'm wrong. Lol.

Improvised devices are not what were being referred to. The Russians had him investigate how to smuggle in military grade tactical nuclear warheads into the Shenendoah Valley area. Now, with our current capability of detection, I would suspect it is harder for them to do that now, but it shows that they did do research into it already - and that is a first strike tactic, which is a threat.You wanted to imply that we had not military threats against us.

So you're saying we face the same threat today from smuggled nuclear warheads, with state of the art detection equipment and methods, as we did 30 years ago?

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Im still trying to find where I claimed or implied any of this. I think you just might be failing at reading comprehension. Sorry...

So....you agree with me and just want to frame it like you're right and I'm wrong. Lol.

So you're saying we face the same threat today from smuggled nuclear warheads, with state of the art detection equipment and methods, as we did 30 years ago?

You seem to have a problem with your short term memory. Go re-read your own statements and questions, which I answered for you.
I am not agreeing with you. I am showing you that there still is a threat, which you questioned in your previous statements.
We have state of the art detection methods for smuggled drugs, illegal aliens, etc, yet still are unable to stop the unending tide of them. Do you believe that it is impossible to smuggle weapon components into the US, including weapons grade plutonium and uranium? Are you so disengaged that you believe that the US hasn't already prepared to do the same in Russia, and other countries as well?

Back on the original topic - since you appear to think that our military doesn't really contribute to the citizens in our current times, what have you personally done to protect any citizens of the country? Have you ever been under fire from a foreign enemy? Have you ever put yourself in harms way? Have you every even trained to prepare for such a possibility? Our servicemen have trained, prepared, and performed - and that is everyone that enters the military. What have you done to be in a position to diminsh their service to protecting YOUR family?

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You seem to have a problem with your short term memory. Go re-read your own statements and questions, which I answered for you.

You seem to be a little slow. Let me help you and anyone else who failed their 9th grade english courses...

Realistically, over the past 10-15yrs, what do you believe we've accomplished, militarily? Do you believe our core freedoms and liberties have, or have had an external threat in the past 30 years? If so, when and why?

These questions are called Socratic questions. Similar to the kind of questioning methods they do on essay questions in school. They are not meant imply anything, they are simply questions to garner information from the reader. I know exactly what we've accomplished, I know exactly what threats we face and have faced in the past 30 years.

Back on the original topic - since you appear to think that our military doesn't really contribute to the citizens in our current times

Never said this either, but ok, I'll let you draw your own conclusions...

what have you personally done to protect any citizens of the country? Have you ever been under fire from a foreign enemy? Have you ever put yourself in harms way? Have you every even trained to prepare for such a possibility? Our servicemen have trained, prepared, and performed - and that is everyone that enters the military. What have you done to be in a position to diminsh their service to protecting YOUR family?

::Sigh:: What does any of that have to do with anything? I would imagine anyone who isnt or hasnt been in the military or police force would probably not have an answer for that nonsense anyway. I see what you're trying to do, and youre failing miserably, but nice try.