Come On, Libertarians...
My (sometimes) brethren of the Libertarian persuasion can be just as stupid as conservatives and liberals, especially when it comes to the military. Some of the guys at Lew Rockwell's blog are just idiots, especially considering how smart, intelligent, and thoughtful they think they are.
One guy, doesn't matter what the story is, is totally anti-military personnel, every time, all the time. Calling them terrorists. Hey, Vance, hey Kramer, the soldiers follow orders from their superiors who follow them from the politicians. You guys seem to think that everyone who is in uniform is there to kill as many people as they can, commit atrocities whenever they want, blow people up including innocent bystanders at every opportunity, and are just plain evil. That's just fucking stupid.
Are there a few bad apples? Yes, just like there are a few bad apple bloggers, philosophers, and writers or whatever you guys profess to be. But for the most part, soldiers are there to protect and defend. They are told what to do and where to go do it by civilians - politicians... perhaps you military/history geniuses can come up with the last time the MILITARY started a war all by themselves, but I can't. ALL wars, that I am aware of, started with politicians, of almost every stripe, going after something that they shouldn't have.
You want to bemoan war and killing - that's great. But at least get the blame squarely on the shoulders of those responsible for starting the damn war in the first place. It ain't the soldiers.
One guy, doesn't matter what the story is, is totally anti-military personnel, every time, all the time. Calling them terrorists. Hey, Vance, hey Kramer, the soldiers follow orders from their superiors who follow them from the politicians. You guys seem to think that everyone who is in uniform is there to kill as many people as they can, commit atrocities whenever they want, blow people up including innocent bystanders at every opportunity, and are just plain evil. That's just fucking stupid.
Are there a few bad apples? Yes, just like there are a few bad apple bloggers, philosophers, and writers or whatever you guys profess to be. But for the most part, soldiers are there to protect and defend. They are told what to do and where to go do it by civilians - politicians... perhaps you military/history geniuses can come up with the last time the MILITARY started a war all by themselves, but I can't. ALL wars, that I am aware of, started with politicians, of almost every stripe, going after something that they shouldn't have.
You want to bemoan war and killing - that's great. But at least get the blame squarely on the shoulders of those responsible for starting the damn war in the first place. It ain't the soldiers.
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