An interesting Socratic dialogue. Try substituting American for Greek and Syrian
for Corinthian.
I concur with this quote wholeheartedly:
“The
military doesn’t need to be rebuilt, not when it engages in:
·
invading other countries
·
occupying other countries
·
nation building
·
regime changes
·
fighting foreign wars
·
making widows and orphans
·
garrisoning the planet with troops
·
fighting immoral wars
·
launching preemptive strikes
·
torture
·
transporting insurgents and
detainees to torture-friendly countries
·
spreading democracy at the point of
a gun
·
fighting unjust wars
·
using humanitarian interventions as
a guise for imperialism
·
unleashing sectarian violence
·
supplying peacekeepers
·
fighting senseless wars
·
bombing other countries
·
fighting unnecessary wars
·
building overseas bases
·
being the world’s policeman,
fireman, and social worker
·
being the president’s personal
attack force
·
killing civilians and dismissing it
as collateral damage
·
enforcing UN resolutions
·
destroying foreign industry,
culture, and infrastructure
·
providing humanitarian aid in other
countries
·
enforcing no-fly zones in other
countries
·
providing disaster relief in other countries
·
unnecessarily sending American
soldiers to their deaths
·
rebuilding infrastructure in other
countries after destroying it
·
intervening in other countries
·
creating terrorists and insurgents
because of its interventions
·
making us less safe because of its
interventions
·
being a global force for evil
·
carrying out an aggressive,
reckless, and belligerent U.S. foreign policy
·
carrying out drone strikes that
regularly miss their targets
·
fighting wars that are not
constitutionally declared
·
going where it has no business going
·
supporting a network of brothels
around the world
·
offense instead of defense
Not
only should the U.S. military not be rebuilt, it should be cut and then limited
to defensive actions only.”
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