Can a person both despise war and admire soldiers? Absolutely. War is an abomination; war is hell. Unthinkable, immoral, inhuman atrocities become justified and rationalized. The cost in lives and property is devastating. The idea that war can bring economic benefit to the citizens or bring us out of an economic depression is at best disinformation, if not outright dark propaganda.
One of my favorite books is "Ain't Nobody's Business If You Do" by Peter McWilliams. I recommend it if you don't already have it. Thank you for your comments! Be well and happy.
Right on target, except for the third paragraph. In my opinion, the people who "serve" in the military do NOT deserve to be commended and supported; we do NOT need them. The founders rightly understood that a standing army is the bane of freedom: it will inevitably be turned against the people it ostensibly is meant so serve. And don't get me started on cops, who spend most of their time harassing Americans for things that are none of the government's legitimate business. If I choose to put a substance the government doesn't like into my body, that is MY business. If I choose to pay a woman for companionship, that is MY business. If I choose to wager money on a sporting event, that is MY business. Any government thug who tries to stick his nose in is asking for that nose to be chopped off on the spot.
The author is half way to understanding what's really wrong with America. I hope he finds the other half soon: the nation needs clear comprehension of the path forward.
I hear a subconscious voice of contradiction coming from the sidelines. . . You stress the attitude of war, the military, and the need to have a big army of defense "with the strongest military we can muster"; not offense. But what does this mean? You say nothing about who the enemies are. A future army to fight an invasion. However, that has never happened, other than the present migration war taking place at the border. And these migrants are not all coming to invade America. Seems to me, the military budgets should be transformed into peace-budgets with much less money spent on never-again slogans of: "you don't invade us, we will never invade you"; slogans that "we will never use tax-payer money to make weapons to kill again" But what is an army without weapons? And at this moment, the AI weapons' industry is getting fatter and hungrier by the day with these wars of Attrition. Peace budgets should fund slogans that say: "we don't train for combat, we train our military as ego-less peaceful martial artists to be strong from within", with their main goal: to weaken the egos of their enemies". Also, the US needs trained statesmen who always strive for detante. Yet the education system, the television, and Hollywood propagandize enemy-science, which is driven into every kid's world. . . Thank you for the opportunity to think about this sticky issue. Really good post.
One of my favorite books is "Ain't Nobody's Business If You Do" by Peter McWilliams. I recommend it if you don't already have it. Thank you for your comments! Be well and happy.
Right on target, except for the third paragraph. In my opinion, the people who "serve" in the military do NOT deserve to be commended and supported; we do NOT need them. The founders rightly understood that a standing army is the bane of freedom: it will inevitably be turned against the people it ostensibly is meant so serve. And don't get me started on cops, who spend most of their time harassing Americans for things that are none of the government's legitimate business. If I choose to put a substance the government doesn't like into my body, that is MY business. If I choose to pay a woman for companionship, that is MY business. If I choose to wager money on a sporting event, that is MY business. Any government thug who tries to stick his nose in is asking for that nose to be chopped off on the spot.
The author is half way to understanding what's really wrong with America. I hope he finds the other half soon: the nation needs clear comprehension of the path forward.
I hear a subconscious voice of contradiction coming from the sidelines. . . You stress the attitude of war, the military, and the need to have a big army of defense "with the strongest military we can muster"; not offense. But what does this mean? You say nothing about who the enemies are. A future army to fight an invasion. However, that has never happened, other than the present migration war taking place at the border. And these migrants are not all coming to invade America. Seems to me, the military budgets should be transformed into peace-budgets with much less money spent on never-again slogans of: "you don't invade us, we will never invade you"; slogans that "we will never use tax-payer money to make weapons to kill again" But what is an army without weapons? And at this moment, the AI weapons' industry is getting fatter and hungrier by the day with these wars of Attrition. Peace budgets should fund slogans that say: "we don't train for combat, we train our military as ego-less peaceful martial artists to be strong from within", with their main goal: to weaken the egos of their enemies". Also, the US needs trained statesmen who always strive for detante. Yet the education system, the television, and Hollywood propagandize enemy-science, which is driven into every kid's world. . . Thank you for the opportunity to think about this sticky issue. Really good post.