The random political thoughts thread (Part Deux)

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Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

Is our military really protecting us from invasion? Note I say "invasion," and not "attack." It's been proven that petty criminals can mount a fairly credible attack. I mean a true military threat to our country? Where exactly would that be coming from???

It depends on what you mean by military attack. Do psychotic leader such as North Korea's Kim Jong (mentally) Ill and Iran's whatever-the-heck-his-name-is scare me? Absolutely. N. Korea already has nukes (I won't bring up how they got them, as that might be seen as slamming previous administrations, and who cares about history). Iran is closing in on them.

China scares me a bit in that they have nukes, and now have ballistic missile ability (please see previous parenthetical comment), have puppet governments in their neck of the woods, and are most likely going to invade Taiwan at some point. If we protect Taiwan, our ally, then we will basically be at war with China, who is quite formidable.

So.....yeah. There are true military threats to our country.