It Takes a School, Not Missiles

Re:It Takes a School, Not Missiles by JabavuAdams on Tuesday July 15, 2008 @01:29PM (#246859)

This is a strawman argument. Your tax dollars are paying for the military anyway. The article claims they can build 20 schools for the cost of one cruise missile.

In the long-run, we can't win the GWOT through military force alone. Even relatively hawkish people like Richard Clarke recognize this.

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Re:It Takes a School, Not Missiles by mynameishere on Tuesday July 15, 2008 @01:34PM (#246871)

Oh, man, schools and cruise missiles aren't fungible. Heck, no government program has ever replaced any other government program. We'll see those cruise missiles targeting the schools before that happens.

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