Ben Stein gets what an American Hero is....

• sleeper

  

  Wow, he compared the troops to "Gods". LOL
  
  I mean I appreciate the troops as much as the next guy, but he epitomizes how this nation over glorifies the military.
• DeyDurkie5

  

  yawn
• I Wear Pants

  O-Trap;734766 wrote:Right. They might be right, but I have no reason to automatically assume either way. Is it possible that the "boogeyman" is wanting all our base are to belong to he? Sure. Is it possible said boogeyman could do so as quickly as they say? Again, sure. Is it just as possible to me that they could be wrong? Yep.
  
  Thus, I suppose I should say that I pick no side. I will respect someone who is convinced of either, because either is a possibility. I will neither agree nor disagree with them.

  I propose that our government cannot say "well we have information that x is gonna kill you all but you can't see any of that information or ever know how or why we think that" if they're going to use that "threat" as a reason to take military action or strip away rights of citizens.
  
  And I gotta agree with Sleeper here.
• O-Trap

  

  I Wear Pants;734824 wrote:I propose that our government cannot say "well we have information that x is gonna kill you all but you can't see any of that information or ever know how or why we think that" if they're going to use that "threat" as a reason to take military action or strip away rights of citizens.
  
  And I gotta agree with Sleeper here.

  
  Oh I agree with every part of what you just said.