Excerpt from Major Olmsteds’ final post(bolds are mine):
As passionate as I am about personal freedom, I don’t buy the claims of anarchists that humanity would be just fine without any government at all. There are too many people in the world who believe that they know best how people should live their lives, and many of them are more than willing to use force to impose those beliefs on others.(like sadaam h.?) A world without government simply wouldn’t last very long; as soon as it was established, strongmen would immediately spring up to establish their fiefdoms.(like sadaam h.?) So there is a need for government to protect the people’s rights.(from monsters like zarqawi?) And one of the fundamental tools to do that is an army that can prevent outside agencies(like al kkkeda?) from imposing their rules on a society. A lot of people will protest that argument by noting that the people we are fighting in Iraq are unlikely to threaten the rights of the average American.(like zarqawis’ al kkkeda in Iraq?) That’s certainly true; while our enemies would certainly like to wreak great levels of havoc on our society, the fact is they’re not likely to succeed.(like the first WTC bombing?,like September 11th 2001?,like the Fort Dix 6?,the Chicago 7?,the Florida 9?,the plot to blow-up JFK?,the murdered jews in SF?,or the 30 some odd percent of “American” muslims who think murder-bombers are justified?) But that doesn’t mean there isn’t still a need for an army (setting aside debates regarding whether ours is the right size at the moment). Americans are fortunate that we don’t have to worry too much about people coming to try and overthrow us,(thanks to you and yours,Major) but part of the reason we don’t have to worry about that is because we have an army that is stopping anyone who would try.
end excerpt from Major Olmsteds’ post
Sorry. Just don’t know how one can volunteer AFTER the fact, and still not have stronger feelings about the righteousness of the mission being volunteered for(and ultimately die for), and the circumstances thereof.
