Comments on: Cost of Protecting US Soldiers http://www.myconfinedspace.com/2007/10/13/cost-of-protecting-us-soldiers/ My Confined Space is an image blog with user submitted pictures of anything and everything, funny, serious or dark. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 05:13:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: TheRogue47 http://www.myconfinedspace.com/2007/10/13/cost-of-protecting-us-soldiers/comment-page-1/#comment-72454 TheRogue47 Sun, 21 Oct 2007 06:11:22 +0000 http://www.myconfinedspace.com/2007/10/13/cost-of-protecting-us-soldiers/#comment-72454 Anyone who watches the history and discovery channels picks up pretty quickly on the fact that historically speaking, military technology has always been the most current and advanced. But, this is bullshit anyway. Another ten years and we'll have robots fighting by proxy. I hope. Anyone who watches the history and discovery channels picks up pretty quickly on the fact that historically speaking, military technology has always been the most current and advanced.

But, this is bullshit anyway. Another ten years and we’ll have robots fighting by proxy. I hope.

]]> By: bosephus http://www.myconfinedspace.com/2007/10/13/cost-of-protecting-us-soldiers/comment-page-1/#comment-71114 bosephus Sun, 14 Oct 2007 00:42:08 +0000 http://www.myconfinedspace.com/2007/10/13/cost-of-protecting-us-soldiers/#comment-71114 "Are you forgetting where the first computer was built? In a garage, of an average American family. Not on some military base or something of that nature." I'm sorry, but you're completely, utterly, and embarrassingly wrong. That was the first "personal" computer. Technology was not invented by Apple. For decades before that, we've had computers that were developed by military and scientific resources. Computers were developed coming out of world war 2 as part of the arms race for communication encryption. And you've got to be kidding me if you think an agrarian agriculture is going to develop computers. All major invention since the dawn of the industrial age has been fueled by nations that led by military power and those nations that were protected by their sphere of influence. The US and USSR provided those spheres, Germany and the British Empire before that. “Are you forgetting where the first computer was built? In a garage, of an average American family.

Not on some military base or something of that nature.”

I’m sorry, but you’re completely, utterly, and embarrassingly wrong. That was the first “personal” computer. Technology was not invented by Apple. For decades before that, we’ve had computers that were developed by military and scientific resources. Computers were developed coming out of world war 2 as part of the arms race for communication encryption.

And you’ve got to be kidding me if you think an agrarian agriculture is going to develop computers. All major invention since the dawn of the industrial age has been fueled by nations that led by military power and those nations that were protected by their sphere of influence. The US and USSR provided those spheres, Germany and the British Empire before that.

]]> By: Tux http://www.myconfinedspace.com/2007/10/13/cost-of-protecting-us-soldiers/comment-page-1/#comment-71113 Tux Sun, 14 Oct 2007 00:39:47 +0000 http://www.myconfinedspace.com/2007/10/13/cost-of-protecting-us-soldiers/#comment-71113 wasn't the beginning of the internet the ARPA-net or whatever, which was military designed? Or at least designed for military use? wasn’t the beginning of the internet the ARPA-net or whatever, which was military designed? Or at least designed for military use?

]]> By: casemods http://www.myconfinedspace.com/2007/10/13/cost-of-protecting-us-soldiers/comment-page-1/#comment-71095 casemods Sat, 13 Oct 2007 23:59:19 +0000 http://www.myconfinedspace.com/2007/10/13/cost-of-protecting-us-soldiers/#comment-71095 <i>Things like the internet most likely would never have come into being without the military’s prodigious growth over the past 50 years. Whether it’s good or bad depends on what you want.</i> Sorry, but you have <b>Technology</b> to thank for the internet, not the military. Are you forgetting where the first computer was built? In a garage, of an average American family. Not on some military base or something of that nature. Things like the internet most likely would never have come into being without the military’s prodigious growth over the past 50 years. Whether it’s good or bad depends on what you want.

Sorry, but you have Technology to thank for the internet, not the military.

Are you forgetting where the first computer was built? In a garage, of an average American family.

Not on some military base or something of that nature.

]]> By: Caio http://www.myconfinedspace.com/2007/10/13/cost-of-protecting-us-soldiers/comment-page-1/#comment-71070 Caio Sat, 13 Oct 2007 20:34:02 +0000 http://www.myconfinedspace.com/2007/10/13/cost-of-protecting-us-soldiers/#comment-71070 "Whether it’s good or bad depends on what you want." Not to be nuked because which monotheistic abrahamic god is the *right* one? Or howabout not to be nuked because some American millionaire needed to augment his wealth by a hefty 0.3%? Which option is better for *me*? “Whether it’s good or bad depends on what you want.”

Not to be nuked because which monotheistic abrahamic god is the *right* one? Or howabout not to be nuked because some American millionaire needed to augment his wealth by a hefty 0.3%? Which option is better for *me*?

]]> By: bosephus http://www.myconfinedspace.com/2007/10/13/cost-of-protecting-us-soldiers/comment-page-1/#comment-71065 bosephus Sat, 13 Oct 2007 19:35:42 +0000 http://www.myconfinedspace.com/2007/10/13/cost-of-protecting-us-soldiers/#comment-71065 Monroe Doctrine started it, but after the US invaded and possessed territories after the Spanish American war, they learned it was difficult to do that. The US became isolationist and very reluctantly entered WW1. The modern arms race started during WW2 and continued into the cold war. They started looking for more conflicts, including Korea, which got started 6 or 7 years after WW2 ended. Right now, just like Eisenhower warned in his farewell speech, the US is run by the military industrial complex. Is this a bad thing? Well, Jeffersonian democracy is an ideal for an agrarian society. Things like the internet most likely would never have come into being without the military's prodigious growth over the past 50 years. Whether it's good or bad depends on what you want. Monroe Doctrine started it, but after the US invaded and possessed territories after the Spanish American war, they learned it was difficult to do that. The US became isolationist and very reluctantly entered WW1. The modern arms race started during WW2 and continued into the cold war. They started looking for more conflicts, including Korea, which got started 6 or 7 years after WW2 ended.

Right now, just like Eisenhower warned in his farewell speech, the US is run by the military industrial complex. Is this a bad thing? Well, Jeffersonian democracy is an ideal for an agrarian society. Things like the internet most likely would never have come into being without the military’s prodigious growth over the past 50 years. Whether it’s good or bad depends on what you want.

]]> By: Max http://www.myconfinedspace.com/2007/10/13/cost-of-protecting-us-soldiers/comment-page-1/#comment-71058 Max Sat, 13 Oct 2007 18:36:07 +0000 http://www.myconfinedspace.com/2007/10/13/cost-of-protecting-us-soldiers/#comment-71058 Monroe Doctrine certainly got us started, sansbutt. Monroe Doctrine certainly got us started, sansbutt.

]]> By: sansbutt http://www.myconfinedspace.com/2007/10/13/cost-of-protecting-us-soldiers/comment-page-1/#comment-71054 sansbutt Sat, 13 Oct 2007 18:27:47 +0000 http://www.myconfinedspace.com/2007/10/13/cost-of-protecting-us-soldiers/#comment-71054 yes well I am sure the Swiss are glad that they can live peaceful lives without a Nazi regime ruling over them yes well I am sure the Swiss are glad that they can live peaceful lives without a Nazi regime ruling over them

]]> By: Caio http://www.myconfinedspace.com/2007/10/13/cost-of-protecting-us-soldiers/comment-page-1/#comment-71042 Caio Sat, 13 Oct 2007 17:37:06 +0000 http://www.myconfinedspace.com/2007/10/13/cost-of-protecting-us-soldiers/#comment-71042 Well, Sansbutt, it certainly did convince Switzerland. Well, Sansbutt, it certainly did convince Switzerland.

]]> By: sansbutt http://www.myconfinedspace.com/2007/10/13/cost-of-protecting-us-soldiers/comment-page-1/#comment-71040 sansbutt Sat, 13 Oct 2007 17:20:36 +0000 http://www.myconfinedspace.com/2007/10/13/cost-of-protecting-us-soldiers/#comment-71040 Does anyone remember why we stopped using the jeffersonian government policy of no intervention? i believe it started with WW1 and ended with WW2, idk maybe the two world wars within half a century was important enough to break our notion that we can exist independently from the rest of the world Does anyone remember why we stopped using the jeffersonian government policy of no intervention? i believe it started with WW1 and ended with WW2, idk maybe the two world wars within half a century was important enough to break our notion that we can exist independently from the rest of the world

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