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<blockquote data-quote="vantexan" data-source="post: 5294015" data-attributes="member: 24302">The U.S. is the one country that can correct its course through voting every 2-4 years.&nbsp; Assuming that its elections are legitimate.&nbsp; If it can no longer do that then you are right, the country is lost.&nbsp; Parts of this country could very well make great countries on their own, but sooner or later they&#039;ll have to deal with their neighbors.&nbsp; Hope it never comes to that but that hope is different than saying I&#039;m not willing to fight.&nbsp; Some are eager to fight, and they interpret that as being of a desired warrior mindset.&nbsp; Every military man I&#039;ve ever known was of the mindset that war is always the last thing wanted but it&#039;s what they prepare for just in case.&nbsp; And in my lifetime the one man who united us more than any other was Ronald Reagan.&nbsp; It&#039;s impossible in a country this size, this diverse to have most on the same page but he demonstrated what a great patriot could do with good governance and a good sense of humor.&nbsp; Don&#039;t know if the present generation would let a Reagan succeed.&nbsp; Likely not.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="vantexan, post: 5294015, member: 24302"] The U.S. is the one country that can correct its course through voting every 2-4 years. Assuming that its elections are legitimate. If it can no longer do that then you are right, the country is lost. Parts of this country could very well make great countries on their own, but sooner or later they'll have to deal with their neighbors. Hope it never comes to that but that hope is different than saying I'm not willing to fight. Some are eager to fight, and they interpret that as being of a desired warrior mindset. Every military man I've ever known was of the mindset that war is always the last thing wanted but it's what they prepare for just in case. And in my lifetime the one man who united us more than any other was Ronald Reagan. It's impossible in a country this size, this diverse to have most on the same page but he demonstrated what a great patriot could do with good governance and a good sense of humor. Don't know if the present generation would let a Reagan succeed. Likely not. [/QUOTE]

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