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Originally Posted by Truth-Bringer
No, you haven't.
The vast majority of Founding Fathers, and a majority of the most influential Founding Fathers, supported the militia as the primary means of national defense. This majority allowed for the creation of a standing army for emergency situations, but did not intend for it to replace the militia as the primary means of defense. They believed the United States should remain neutral in foreign wars and should use the militia and army for defensive purposes only. They would not support current U.S. foreign policy.
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Yes, I have, as shown on post 72. You've failed to even reply to it, because your opinions consists of selectively ignoring facts that contradict your opinion. The Founding Fathers supported keeping a standing army (something you previously argued against) and they also specified that our standing army should not exceed 1% of the total national population. We have kept our standing army well beneath 1% of the total national population, so we are acting in accord with the founders on those issues and not in contradiction, as you have claimed.
The Founders acted to expand and protect US national interests and thus would have supported current US foreign policy which has done just that. They might have disagreed with how our foreign policy has been implemented, but the basic strategic dynamic they would have agreed with.
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