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[Rob]

Originally posted by GT40FIED
In the past, yes. But give me one example of a military action since the end of WWII that has been a protective measure. Perhaps argueably the short lived fighting in Afghanistan, but even that's a bit of a stretch. As for third world countries...do El Salvador and rural Peru count? Yeah..I've seen my fair share of poverty stricken foreign countries. And I'm smart enough to know not to go to the middle east.

I'm glad we can agree.....I'm not here to argue...and no, nothing lately has really been a valid fight (for the most part) as far as the conflict thing has gone. But Homeland Security which is the most valid and value military contribution has definitely kept our country safer than it has ever been ever since 9/11. You don't really hear about it behind the scenes but we've had several terrorist attacks stopped before they ever happened.

As for the countries you've been to, yes, they count. As for the Middle East, I didn't have a choice but I would not ever want to go back.........