Okay, Armchair General.

I can't tell if this was supposed to be a derogatory statement or not.

It was.

>completely missed the condescending attitude

We're on the internet, there is no attitude, only text.

[quote][quote]Our government does not have the right to justify pre-emptive invasion of another country on the grounds that the other country harbors, trains, equips and funds a terrorist cell.[/quote]This is dumb. States have the right to act in self-defense, which includes eliminating threats like terrorism. [/quote]They don't, however, have the rights to send soldiers into another country and bother the locals over a perceived threat. [quote][quote] Our government should establish a policy to abolish nuclear weapons.[/quote]No.[/quote]Yes. [quote] [quote]Declare a no-first-strike policy. Declare a no-pre-emptive strike policy.[/quote]Actually not too bad. [/quote]No need to respond here. [quote][quote]The United States government must reduce our defense budget to half of its current size.[/quote]No.[/quote]Yes. [quote][quote]The U.S. has over 700 foreign military bases. We urge our government to phase out all bases not specifically functioning under a U.N. resolution to keep peace and bring home our troops stationed abroad, except for the military assigned to protect a U.S. embassy. Many of these bases are small and can be closed immediately. We advocate further reductions in U.S. foreign military bases at a rate of closure of 1/4 to 1/5 of their numbers every year.[/quote]Absolutely ridiculous. [/quote]Because we absolutely need to have soldiers in places like Germany. There truly is a threat of the National Socialist party returning to power. [quote][quote]The U.S. is the largest arms seller and dealer in the world. We urge our government to prohibit all arms sales to foreign nations and likewise prohibit grants to impoverished and undemocratic nations unless the money is targeted on domestic, non-military needs. In addition, grants to other nations may not be used to release their own funds for military purposes.[/quote]Also dumb.[/quote]No dumb would be funding Banana Republics that are planning on attacking each other. Also we need to stop giving weapons to Israel to kill Palestinians, but usually people flip out on that so I'm not getting into it. [quote][quote] The U.S. must not be a conduit for defense contractors to market their products abroad and must shift our export market from arms to peaceful technology, industrial and agricultural products, and education.[/quote]I'd be willing to support a reduction in the use of contractors, sure. [/quote]Again, agreed. [quote] [quote]The U.S. must prohibit all covert actions used to influence, de-stabilize or usurp the governments of other nations, and likewise prohibit the assassination of, or assistance in any form for the assassination of, foreign government officials.[/quote]Dumb.[/quote]It's absolutely unacceptable for our government to kill foreign officials that don't like us and manipulate their governments. Hawks like to preach that we should help to spread Democracy, but that means letting the foreign people choose their own leaders, even if we don't like them. [quote][quote]The Palestinian-Israeli Conflict[/quote]The entire thing disregards anything bad Palestinians have done. [/quote]The Palestinians aren't all angels, but they aren't as genocidal as the IDF. [quote] [quote]Puerto Rican Independence[/quote]How about letting them decide what they want rather than us letting them go? Fun fact: They held a referendum a year or two ago that favored becoming a state rather than being independent. [/quote]I agree. Puerto Rico should hold a popular vote to decide it's path. [quote][quote]Domestic Security[/quote]I agree with some, but most would actually harm domestic security in regards to terrorism.[/quote]Terrorism is not as much of a threat as I get the feeling you think it is. Even so, we cannot give up our freedoms out of fear, lest we face a bigger threat in the form of corruption and abuse of power.