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Obama ’08 Debate: ‘There Has Never Been A Country On Earth That Saw It’s Economy Decline and Yet Maintained It’s Military Superiority’

Oct. 22, 2012 4:40pm Benny Johnson

The final presidential debate airs tonight and it will be solely about foreign policy. Back in 2008, Obama tied foreign policy and security failures to a weakening American economy, which he called a “national security issue”:

“We have weakened our capacity to project power around the world because we have viewed everything through this single lens, not to mention, look at our economy. We are now spending $10 billion or more every month.

And that means we can’t provide health care to people who need it. We can’t invest in science and technology, which will determine whether or not we are going to be competitive in the long term.

There has never been a country on Earth that saw its economy decline and yet maintained its military superiority. So this is a national security issue.”

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ChrisDiamond
Posted on October 23, 2012 at 2:46pm
Both sides are bought and paid for (in part) by the Military Industrial Complex. So both of these men, and politicians on the right and left, with few exceptions, believe that our continued killing of people overseas, and the deaths of American men and women sent to do that killing is GREAT for business. Neither give a damn about whether or not it’s good for Americans though.

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coyote1hell
Posted on October 22, 2012 at 8:05pm
Without your vote, Mootch can’t take anymore 760,000.00 dollar vacations on your dime,and she and her Mom and the other realitives living in the White House… deserves, at least, 9 or 10 more, dudes…yepppp

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- muffythetuffy
  Posted on October 22, 2012 at 10:43pm
  Obama’s glass jaw kept getting in the way of Romney’s right swing. The soft paw amature from the gutters of Indonesia got knocked out once again.
  
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- ProbIemSoIver
  Posted on October 23, 2012 at 1:04am
  Tired of this BS. People take this bait.
  We don’t have to worry about military superiority.
  
  WE HAVE NUKES !!!! NO major Country will ever mess with us even if we are ranked 5th Militarily.
  
  We were never meant to be the world’s police.
  
  Is it the rule that the #1 Military Might, get to call the world’s shots?
  
  If so, let’s hope that the Chinese never take that status, or they will get to be the world’s bully, spreading their Ideology – Communism.
  
  Also, we are not a democracy. 51% of the people can NOT take away the rights of the 49%.
  
  Scare Mongering Cr@p from the Global Elite and their Military-Industrial Complex.
  
  We have 300 million Armed Americans ion this Country so we really don’t have to worry about Muslims on the homeland (yet).
  
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WaterTheTree
Posted on October 22, 2012 at 7:18pm
Blaze editors — please invest in a copy of the AP Sylebook or Strunk and White. The word IT’S is a contraction of IT IS. The word is not a posessive pronoun.

I realize that many of the website’s staff might be interns, but simple avoidable gramatical errors take away the polish that people expect in a professional news source.

On the positive side, the Blaze staff is not alone; I frequently see gramatical, mathemetical, and contextual errors in CNN, PopSci, and FoxNews websites.

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floridareader
Posted on October 22, 2012 at 6:15pm
It’s almost like a twilight zone movie from the past, that we are living in the present. Blaming Bush, back in 2008, he exposed his plan fast forwarding four years in the future. Now were as a country are spending money and cutting the defense budget at a rate that will make impossible for us to keep our military power. He is doing what he just said then, but no one could ever predict it was his wish for America today.

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- Wool-Free Vision
  Posted on October 22, 2012 at 6:28pm
  “He is doing what he just said then, but no one could ever predict it was his wish for America today.”
  
  Actually, many did, Rush Limbaugh being the most notable. This is why he said he hoped Obama would fail, and it’s why the libs got their panties all bunched up when he said it. Rush was right – big surprise, huh? I knew he was right. Glenn knew he was right. The vast majority of American Conservatives all knew it. But the left has to be led to the water and then tied down and hydrated intravenously.
  
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- rennyangel
  Posted on October 22, 2012 at 6:49pm
  obummer there is true–no country without a powerful military has been a dominant culture, which is exactly why he is planning to gut our defenses. Bork’m and VOTE THE ENTIRE REP. TICKET IN NOV.
  
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nosharia
Posted on October 22, 2012 at 5:38pm
Two communist goals: Destroy the money and the military.

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Wool-Free Vision
Posted on October 22, 2012 at 5:35pm
“Its” = possessive pronoun
“It’s” = contraction for “it is”

I hate to be the spelling & grammar nazi, but it’s in the headline for crying out loud – TWICE.

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- TedBohne
  Posted on October 22, 2012 at 6:28pm
  Why hide the fact that you are a nazi.
  
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georgeisn6
Posted on October 22, 2012 at 5:29pm
Our foreign policy is” WE surender.

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Chromo200
Posted on October 22, 2012 at 5:16pm
A mighty country that provided freedom to many and light to the rest of the world is sliding into darkness because of the Obama and his Administration. Look at history of the previous countries .. they started declining when the rulers subjugated their people. They started their decline when they felt every one must be equal and redistributed their earnings. They started their decline when the concept of working for your needs and not depend on others to give you those needs became the norm.

Romney/Ryan 2012 manybe we can slow the slide down and be able to reverse it.

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papatom48
Posted on October 22, 2012 at 5:16pm
so going into debt over $10 billion a month is better than spending the same amount???? This guy had no foreign policy experience when he got elected, so how can he criticize Romney? It could easily be argued that Obama still has no experience. He has apologized for America and denigrated us around the world. What will he give up to Putin? What about all the promises he made in 2008? Did gitmo close? He has not captured anyone, but he has killed american citizens without due process. And nobody with a pulse would have waited 9 months to green light the Osama op. Sure, he gave the order, but why did he wait so long?

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- ChrisDiamond
  Posted on October 23, 2012 at 1:48pm
  Sir,
  
  We are going into debt over $100 billion each month, equaling an annual deficit of roughly $1.2 trillion per year. So as bad as you noted, it’s actually 10 times worse.
  
  You are right on every critique of Obama’s foreign policy, but as Romney claimed to support NDAA2012 and the USA PATRIOT ACT, I have no faith that he wouldn’t likewise kill Americans without due process. In fact, he already supports the indefinite detention of Americans without due process.
  
  Both sides love war, partly because both signed are largely owned by a special interest called the Military Industrial Complex. Keynesian economists and sold-out politicians agree: the continued killing of people overseas and the death of American women over there doing the killing is good for business. They don’t care that it isn’t good for America.
  
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stopthis
Posted on October 22, 2012 at 5:12pm
A good solider for the UN, Agenda 21. New World Order, North South Americas Union.

This has been in the works since at least 1987 Rio de Janiero.

Research all the Presidents in on this. Maybe President Romney too. We all may be snowed by Romney too.

America we are too gullible.

Peace in Truth

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Detroit paperboy
Posted on October 22, 2012 at 5:11pm
I’m tired of working 14 hours a day to pay for FOODSTAMPERS…………………IM ABOUT DONE WITH IT……

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Individualism
Posted on October 22, 2012 at 5:11pm
it would be better for all tax payer money to be spent on the tax payers and not on murdering people abroad for corporate oil and resources.

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- Individualism
  Posted on October 22, 2012 at 5:16pm
  btw Obama will win on this issue because most Americans don’t want another war that Romney is more so advocating. this is likely to be a win for Obama and his relection.
  
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- Individualism
  Posted on October 22, 2012 at 5:19pm
  so Obama wins reelection according to the script.
  
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Detroit paperboy
Posted on October 22, 2012 at 5:08pm
Obama is clearly an enemy of the people that make America work……………enemy of the people, may God help us if we get four more years of this crap……….

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Zurich
Posted on October 22, 2012 at 5:04pm
There are several examples like this where Obama is attacking something that he is now defending. His attacks were used to achieve power and his defense is used to remain in power. Obama is very difficult to describe as he is a fatal cocktail: anti-America, communist, islamist, chronic liar, narcissist, insensitive and with all the character attributes of a dictator.

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JohnQTaxpayer
Posted on October 22, 2012 at 4:59pm
He dreams of his jack boot on the neck of lady liberty

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- JRook
  Posted on October 22, 2012 at 5:05pm
  Not to worry Romney will do the dance of lies at this debate also. For all those capable of moving beyond their ideological routed “truth” to the actual facts, this is Romney’s real debate performance… http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/10-most-shameless-romney-debate-lies-debunked
  
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- Psychosis
  Posted on October 22, 2012 at 5:16pm
  @ jrook
  
  lol thats the most ridiculous site ever ………………
  
  Excuse me, but HuffPost is 2 doors down on the left. No, no prob – you’re not the only one who wandered in here inadvertently. Inadvertently? You know, by accident. Yep, right down there – you’ll be fine – yep, have a nice day yourself! Ok, just trying to look out for your safety a bit – yep, they’ll eat you up on this forum. Huh? Well, it’s a bit more demanding, is all. We expect intellectually honest debate, intelligence, logic, reason, command of the facts, common sense, you know, stuff like that. Ok, sure – but do come back when you’re able and ready. See ya now! Oops, easy there …
  
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- JohnQTaxpayer
  Posted on October 22, 2012 at 5:29pm
  Obama is ready, and willing to hand our world leadership position over to any other country. As long as he can put the USA in its place.
  
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seriouslywhy
Posted on October 22, 2012 at 4:53pm
This just shows that he has known all along what he was doing.

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The-Monk
Posted on October 22, 2012 at 4:52pm
“There has never been a country on Earth that saw its economy decline and yet maintained its military superiority. So this is a national security issue.”

Obama wants to redistribute our wealth to other Countries which is causing our economy to decline and wants to cut Military spending so I agree with Obama…. he is a national security issue.

That’s what I read……

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- justangry
  Posted on October 22, 2012 at 5:05pm
  All globalist Keynesians are a security risk.
  
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drphil69
Posted on October 22, 2012 at 4:50pm
“There has never been a country on Earth that saw its economy decline and yet maintained its military superiority. ”

Huh? Our economy declined under Carter, didn’t it? I think JFK had a recession to deal with as well.
What the he11 is he talking about?

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justangry
Posted on October 22, 2012 at 4:49pm
More war will help though.

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- AvengerK
  Posted on October 22, 2012 at 5:09pm
  Didn’t Obama have the opportunity to end both the Iraq and Afghan conflicts with the stoke of a pen while he enjoyned super majorities in both houses of congress?
  Before you bleat…the Iraq pullout was negotiated by the Bush administration, all Obama did was stick to the timeline.
  As for Iran….how confident do you feel with a nuclear armed Iran knowing they sponsor Hezbollah, Hamas and were caught plotting to kill Saudi dignitaries on US soil?
  Your thoughts?
  
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- justangry
  Posted on October 22, 2012 at 6:19pm
  Obama’s foreign policy is disgusting and the troops should have been home a LONG time ago. My thoughts on Iran is it sucks, but understand why they’re seeking out a nuke. Israel has stated it will launch a preemptive nuke strike on Iran if we don’t do it for them conventionally. (that certainly isn’t a friendly gesture) This never made it to the media. They’re also are aware that they are a part of the 7 countries in 5 years plan put together by Bush’s neoconservatives. Arming Hezbollah to cause trouble in Israel is no different than us arming Al Queda to cause trouble in the stans. It’s deplorable act by both parties on principle. Now we didn’t supply them with nukes for obvious reasons, and there’s no reason to think Iran would either for obvious reasons. I think attacking yet ANOTHER country will only provide the impetus for more world wide proliferation and also believe there’s potential for escalation that we’ve yet to see on this planet is if we attack and that’s much more frightening to me than Iran having a couple of nukes. At the very least the folks at the Fed/IMF should foot the bill if we’re going to attack Iran for them for THEIR interest (figuratively and literally) rather than steeling our wealth through currency debasement while sacrificing our loved ones to boot.
  
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JQCitizen
Posted on October 22, 2012 at 4:49pm
You just BROKE THE CODE on the Obama Agenda!

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- Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
  Posted on October 22, 2012 at 4:53pm
  Indeed – and soon enough we shall see warfare of unprecidented ferocity around the world.
  
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hauschild
Posted on October 22, 2012 at 4:48pm
Another feather in the Marxist’s cap.

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D-Fence
Posted on October 22, 2012 at 4:46pm
He’s right. He’s driven us over the edge and is presiding over an America in decline. Come November 6, we will reverse course. Let the rising tide of growth raise all ships, heal the economy and nation.

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65Mustang
Posted on October 22, 2012 at 4:46pm
My contempt for this man is never-ending….we, as a country, are in a state of decline and will never regain our superiority, or the prosperity that this nation once enjoyed..

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