The implied assumption of a “war on terrorism” is that the war will destroy and annihilate terrorists not create more terrorist. This old school thought ignores the lesson of history. A nation can be fought and defeated in war but not an ideology. To the degree that terrorism incorporates an ideology that forces a conflict [...]
After listening to some of the tea party people blog about the government and liberals being fascist, it occurred to me that one possible source for this could be the notion that what they perceive as a unilateral intervention by the government into the private sector is what they deem `fascist’ (I have dealt [...]
“I keep reading posts that say the war in Iraq was all the Republicans fault. My memory says that nearly every member in Congress (Democrats included) voted to declare war in Iraq.” A Blogger It was not “nearly every member of Congress” – Generally, Republicans favored it and Democrates did not but enough Democrates [...]
While the notion of freedom is a high and lofty ideal, exactly what it means and how it gets implemented demands thought prior to action. Otherwise, we may find ourselves defending a “freedom” that is nothing other than a self-serving delusion and stuck in a quagmire while the body bag count goes up. Did anyone [...]
In this case, evil is not meant in the sense of religious evil or theistic evil but in a humanitarian sense. Religion and God(s) have always found a way to justify war. War is evil because it is not a zero sum game. Only those that have emotional distance from war can treat it like [...]
