Just because people live along the coastlines and can be in harm's way from a hurricane, or live in California where big earthquakes are known to strike, or live in cities along rivers that flood....doesn't mean we shouldn't help them when they've been hurt by a natural disaster. They are still Americans that call American soil their home. When we stop trying to take care of each other as Americans, I think we lose something that makes our country better than the rest. And while I'm not necessarily against helping those abroad when we can, I'm much more in favor of helping our own here at home first when disasters strike...even if they lived in places that were more suspect.Originally Posted by kygorski
NASA, I tend to agree with you...but there may come a day when the Earth hangs in the balance and technology gained from space exploration is what saves us. We might need to send Bruce Willis up in a rocket ship one day with an Aerosmith soundtrack to bust up an asteroid. You never know. LOL
On the aircraft carriers...what, you'd rather have them all parked at home? I've got no issue with our carriers being all over the globe. Personally, there are a few countries where I wish we could park just off the coastline, in international waters, and still be visible from the shore.
Say what you want, but one of the reasons that military action doesn't get taken against the U.S. on our soil is that countries know the wrath that would come down upon them. That wrath can happen pretty quickly too, especially when a carrier full of planes and things that go BOOM are spread out around the globe. Heck, we might even have a sub or two lurking around nearby...
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