None of those things have any positive technology spin-offs for the economy.From an economic perspective, the possible civilian technological benefits of military research is not a good argument because we would rather have the money focused on civilian technology than on military technology that could serendipitously have a civilian benefit.Having said that, I do like the idea of any technology that would save lives - either of our soldiers or of innocent civilians who so often get killed and are called "collateral damage."

I was a reserved soldier in 1981 when the first war in Lebanon started.

This room was supposedly used by the Viet Cong during the war for the injured soldiers, secretly away from the Allied forces.

If you haven't already, look into the Soldiers and Sailors' Relief Act to get all your cc interest rates dropped.

You had high unemployment as soldiers were released from military duty.

http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/10/22/bank-of-americas-incompetence-creates-mess-for-soldiers-family/Thoughts!

Consider this: When a soldier jumps on top of a grenade to save the lives of those around him/her, would you consider that to be a selfish act?

Oh yeah, just got word that 13 soldiers where just shot down at Fort Hood..."

You make an assumption that because some Israeli soldiers were wounded, there were firearm involved.

Originally posted by Tom Cullen:Conservative believe what they see, liberals see what they believe.Mike M -See, this is a perfect example of what I meant above when I referred to people who just digress into weird and nonsensical partisan tirades when they don't have anything constructive to add...Instead of providing insight or even opinion on the topic at hand, all we get is a stupid one-liner that tries to discredit 50% of the population's input based on a meaningless (and sadly not even pithy, amusing or insightful) quote, obviously just parroted from some talking head.Surprisingly, Tom's comment didn't make some ridiculous association with Nancy Pelosi, cap and trade, gay soldiers or Nazi's, but it's only a matter of time...Tom - Thank you for helping make my point to one of the few people here who was actually trying to defend you...