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Mitt Romney has said that Bill Clinton was wrong in dismantling the military. What do you think?

Reasons to agree:

1. Clinton decreased military personnel by 500,000.
2. Clinton decreased military spending by about $50 billion a year.
3. Under Clinton the U.S. Army lost four active divisions.
4. Under Clinton the U.S. Army lost two reserve divisions.
5. Under Clinton the U.S. Navy lost almost 80 ships.
6. Under Clinton the U.S. Air Force saw its active personnel decrease by 30 percent.
7. Under Clinton the Marines' personnel dropped by 22,000.
8. We need more troops than we have in order to win a war in Iraq and Afghanistan. That is about the size of Military that we should have. Weather Bush 1, Clinton, or Bush 2 were right or wrong in their actions in Iraq, we need to have the capacity to win the war that Bush 2 tried to fight. It was wrong for the Clinton administration to dismantle the military.

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Interest of those who agree:

1. Making it look like Bill Clinton was a bad president, so that independents won't vote for democrats in the future.

Interest of those who disagree:

1. Making it look like Bill Clinton was good president, so that independents will vote for democrats in the future.

Books that agree:

1. Dereliction of Duty: The Eyewitness Account of How Bill Clinton Endangered America's Long-Term National Security, By Robert Patterson
2. Reckless Disregard: By Robert Patterson
3. Legacy: Paying the Price for the Clinton Years; By Richard Lowry
4. High Crimes and Misdemeanors: The Case Against Bill Clinton; By Ann Coulter
5. Year of the Rat: How Bill Clinton Compromised U.S. Security for Chinese Cash; By Edward Timperlake, William C. Triplett, William Triplett, II

Books that disagree:

I'm not trying to say that if Clinton had been president after 9-11, that he would have gone into Iraq. Clinton did say that; "Saddam must not be allowed to threaten his neighbors or the world with nuclear arms, poison gas or biological weapons". And Clinton actually did go into Iraq in "Operation Desert Fox", saying; "Earlier today I ordered America's armed forces to strike military and security targets in Iraq. They are joined by British forces. Their mission is to attack Iraq's nuclear, chemical and biological weapons programs and its military capacity to threaten its neighbors,"

Clinton also stated that, while other countries also had weapons of mass destruction, Hussein is in a different category because he has used such weapons against his own people and against his neighbors.

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But I'm not trying to say that Clinton would have gone into Iraq in the way that "W" did. I'm just trying to say that now we know that:

The Clinton Administration was wrong to dismantle the military.

Issues: War