I am troubled by post #34.
I’ll stop causing trouble for a while, while I try to figure out what that’s about. Besides, gotta eat.
Good going at it with y’all anyway. Slow day otherwise.
Merry Christmas FR.
FReegards.
I agree that the ideology in #34 is troubling. At first some may think ‘of course, the government should be completely open’ but then in the consideration of national security some secrets are vital- and Manning directly attacked those vital secrets. What he revealed outed clandestine agents and put a lot of lives at risk. This is more than just exposing corruption, this is about putting service men and women’s lives on the line- people who are fighting for us may have died due to Manning’s leaks.
This is very disturbing.
This comes from the line that some of Paul’s mentors (like Rothbard) crossed where it really is anarchy- the belief there is no need at all for the nation-state. I don’t think Paul goes this far but he certainly makes military and national security issues a gray area in regards to this.
Considering he is applying for the job of Commander in Chief of the US Armed Forces, this should be a complete deal killer.