re: want to stop war?
What is possible is for this nation to have a strong enough military to offer a defense so formidable that an enemy would understand it would be tantamount to suicide to attack us.
How many nuclear weapons were in our arsenal on 9/11?
It's great that you served in the military, but let's not have any of that "chickenhawk" shit on this board, unless we can also specify that nobody who doesn't pay as many taxes as I do has a right to speak on taxation and spending issues.