Why college students are so liberal.

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We had pretty significant military expenditures before 9/11. Most of the places troops are stationed abroad have nothing to do with 9/11 (e.g. Iraq). The military had no power to prevent 9/11.

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<p>Our military spending was high in the 90’s because we were the sole superpower and we were pretty much in charge of holding the world together in the wake of the collapse of the Soviet Union. History has shown that when we don’t get involved, things can go to hell in a handbasket pretty quickly. Nevertheless, we did cut military spending throughout the 1990s.</p>

<p>And why does everyone keep bringing up Iraq? That war is winding down now; our combat troops are out. We’ve been in Afghanistan much longer than we have been in Iraq, but no one seems to mention it when referring to our military policy. Why is that?</p>