In a civilized society, should anyone or any government ever force anyone to do anything against his or her will as long as that person does not infringe upon the life, liberty, or property of another?

Friday, November 16, 2007

Soldiers deserting - they're tired of it

U.S. soldiers are now deserting the armed forces at a rate higher than at any time since 1980 - read here. The war hawks, however, keep putting out those commercials, trying to show how honorable it is to travel around the globe and kill others.

According to the military, there were over a half million "incidents of desertion" during the Vietnam War. The soldiers knew then what our soldiers know now - that war is a racket, it's immoral, and it makes America weaker. And we're led by bullies. They only attack small nations they can toast in four weeks or less. If we're so tough, let's go attack some monster-sized nation. Yeah, I didn't think so. Our leadership is like the bully in the grammar school schoolyard - picking on the small and weak.

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