I agree with Simon Britnell's reasons for a standing army. Those reasons are
the same ones the founders of our republic understood completely.
The difficulty arises that they could not forsee what has occured in the
last fifty years of our presidents sending troops to fight in 5,6,or7
wars(depends on your view of Nam, Cambodia etc...).
The constitutional mandate that only congress can declare war has been
seriously eroded.
With this in mind a ongoing debate about a standing army and it's
size,weapons and makeup is absolutely necessary.
JoAnne Abbott C.E.T.
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To Meditate on.
The validity of a label is the inverse
lograthim of it's comfort level.
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