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    This is actually a county I like and I still think we shouldn't police the world. Money doesn't replace lives or limbs lost. Stop trying to put our men and women on the front lines for other countries. I get pissed when they try to put ours on the front lines in Israel a county I don't like and I am still against it for a county I do like.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DGUtley View Post
    Russia is not happy. Poland wants permanent U.S. military base, willing to pay $2 billion for it: Report.


    https://www.washingtontimes.com/news...se-willing-pa/

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    Thank you for your generous offer but we must decline. There is the appropriate answer. Besides we're talking about the American government here, I doubt they could do the studies and write the plans for much under 2 billion, much less build and maintain a base.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ethereal View Post
    $2 billion won't even come close to covering the lifetime costs of a permanent military base. And it certainly won't cover the costs of a war between the US and Russia, which is what America is risking by committing to Poland's defense.
    Poland is part of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

    As long as we remain in NATO we are committed to Poland's defense.
    Last edited by MisterVeritis; 05-29-2018 at 10:09 AM.
    Call your state legislators and insist they approve the Article V convention of States to propose amendments.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Ethereal View Post
    $2 billion won't even come close to covering the lifetime costs of a permanent military base. And it certainly won't cover the costs of a war between the US and Russia, which is what America is risking by committing to Poland's defense.
    Two billion is enough money to build the joint facilities.
    Call your state legislators and insist they approve the Article V convention of States to propose amendments.


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    Quote Originally Posted by roadmaster View Post
    This is actually a county I like and I still think we shouldn't police the world. Money doesn't replace lives or limbs lost. Stop trying to put our men and women on the front lines for other countries. I get pissed when they try to put ours on the front lines in Israel a county I don't like and I am still against it for a county I do like.
    We have never put troops on the front lines or any other lines in Israel. That's just your anti-semitism coming out.
    Liberals are a clear and present danger to our nation
    Pick your enemies carefully.






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    Quote Originally Posted by Dr. Who View Post
    I'm not surprised. There is a long history of Polish antipathy toward Russia as well as a current belief in both Poland and Ukraine that the Russians are trying to create tension between both countries and undermine the growing ties between western Ukraine and Poland.
    That long history also the watermark for the West. If anyone thinks Russian aggression stops at the Polish border, those folk don't know their history, I might have to use Google Maps to teach them the lesson. That has been learned countless times. You must draw a line. One cannot sit there and make every new line a decision about whether it affects the West or the US. Draw a line....like we finally did entering WWII, like we did where the Iron Curtain dropped...like we still do today. Since before WWII, the West has been committed to Poland.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MisterVeritis View Post
    Poland is part of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

    As long as we remain in NATO we are committed to Poland's defense.
    Exactly

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    Enough with the $#@!ing foreign bases already, Jesus Christ.

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    Quote Originally Posted by The Xl View Post
    Enough with the $#@!ing foreign bases already, Jesus Christ.
    Why? They can keep the peace.
    Call your state legislators and insist they approve the Article V convention of States to propose amendments.


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    The US has shifted to an expeditionary model for defending Europe. Not sure if we plan on changing that.
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