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BravoSierra1 year, 4 months ago

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There have been perhaps more military minds arguing against the militant policies of the Bush administration than there have been civilian minds. As a former military officer I can absolutely tell you that the key to liberty is an educated populace allowed and that demands the ability to think and speak freely. it is no accident that the founding fathers of the United States put the freedom of speech as the first of all rules. It is also no accident that their legal case and evidence for a just revolution listed multiple crimes under international law that were being committed by the British Army and governance of the British East India Company. In neither case was it the nature of the army to do this. It was in the failed fascist and anti-democratic policies of corporate brigands who placed corporate profits above the public good, who bought off members of Parlaiment and who misused the army; and, due to the failure of the military to refuse illegal orders. We've just seen this happen over the past 8 years in the US.

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  populist1 year, 4 months ago
  
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  Some great points. My only point of disagreement would be to say that these policies have been going on far longer than the past 8 years.
  
  From Woodrow Wilson to FDR, Nixon, Clinton and Bush (and a few others in there too), this country has continued a path of increasing militarism.
  
  to me, this is not about republicans or democrats. It's all about the massive power we give a few hundred people in D.C. - the power to destroy the entire world. All, supposedly, for our "safety"
  
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    donald511 year, 4 months ago
    
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    Did you forget that the USSR fell in '91 and that both Cheney and Clinton agreed with downsizing the military? Clinton got 100% Nato approval before going into Kosovo and didn't lose a soul to enemy fire... and used the military to nation build and meet international disasters! Finally to top it off, Cohen, the Defense Sec under Clinton was a repug! Did Clinton push star wars?
    
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