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1. Tom Nichols thread is a timely reminder why we did the INF in the first place and the insanity of a nuclear arms race.
2. Money we would waste on a new batch of nuclear weapons we will want to destroy immediately after we pay for them is better spent on a successor to F-22s that can carry B-61s plus a new fast attack sub fleet with vertical launch capability for China & DPRK.
3. Want to defend Europe? Amend 10 US 246 militia to create reserve force of M/F citizen soldiers. Train all current Guard forces to be noncoms for a 20 million person 18 to 23 fill in reserve force that is paid with free college and free health care for life.
4. After high school everyone gets 3 months of basic training. Schools start in Sept so after the summer folks report to school. Then as they get their education each summer they get 1 month of compensated active duty . They then graduate free of debt and US veterans entitled to
5. free health care for life. And all hands put to good use. Even if you have bone spurs. 😎 @RadioFreeTom @JoeBiden
6.“The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, we must think anew and act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country.” A. Lincoln
7. Don't think for a moment that after attacking us in 2016, Russia won't continue attacks. It will follow on with ever-increasingly more hostile acts. War isn't coming with Russia. It's already here and a huge well equipped US force is Russia's worst nightmare and our best hope.
8. And members of the force will be permitted to bear arms as civilians but until they are 45 they will do so under command of their local Guard forces and subject to discipline if they violate the law related to firearms use and storage. A well regulated militia. @TheDemocrats
