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Of course, "defense of the homeland" can be interpreted many different ways, and the definition stretched to suit one's intentions.
Some may want this to mean that we should be limited to digging in and fortifying our nation's borders and coasts from direct invasion. Others - and by this I mean darn near everybody I know - reads this to mean that we should send our military beyond our borders to "go get" those who would do us harm.
Then it's a question of whether we should wait to engage in warfare until after the harm in question is done (Pearl Harbor), or strike preemptively at threats in order to prevent such harm (Iraq 2003).
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