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This is a national security issue. During WWI and WWII every manufacturing facility in the United States was converted to wartime use. Just how would the United States of America respond to a security crisis without the manufacturing facilities and knowledge to build mechanized units? Should we buy them from our enemies? And do Republicans honestly think our enemies would sell us the equipment necessary to defeat them?
Are Republicans seriously willing to liquidate a national asset that could be critical for survival in the event of an all-out war? Shall we shut down our steel industry too?
Are they *insane*?
