I Don't Owe the Military Anything

Lewrockwell.com ^ | January 29, 2004 | Brad Edmonds

[dixiepatriot]

When George Orwell wrote "1984", he described the endless shifting of foreign enemies. This was a tactic used by the government to focus public hatred abroad in an effort to make them ignore tyranny at home. The practice works. It works in part because Americans are willing to shift their hatred here and there, depending on the latest government list of proscribed enemies. Meanwhile, their liberties are being eroded in front of their very eyes all compliments of their own government.

[af_vet_1981]

Brad Edmonds in an example that not all ignorance is preventable by military parents.

[mrsmith]

Another monkey at Lewrockwell demonstrates that he can play with his own feces.

What a perverse audience they have.

[philetus]

"It works in part because Americans are willing to shift their hatred here and there, depending on the latest government list of proscribed enemies."

Some of us have a mind of our own.

[steve50]

Meanwhile, their liberties are being eroded in front of their very eyes all compliments of their own government.

Just a temporary condition. All will be restored when we defeat "Goldsteinism".

[Sloth]

Some good points mixed in with some pure idiocy.

[TonyBanks]

There's some good points in there.

Unfortunately, this probably won't be allowed to stand. Instead of addressing the issues brought up in the article, people will summarily dismiss it as "hogwash".

[ladtx]

My father served 25 years in the Air Force...

And I'm sure his father is very proud of this screed from his son's feverish brain.

[KantianBurke]

"and 9/11, which was most plausibly retaliation for 40 years of bombing women and children in the Middle East.

"Fat drunk and stupid is no way to go through life son."

[elfman2]

Without reading more a couple of paragraphs of this amaturish crap, I agree with him in one sense. Brad made no deal with the military and is free to give nothing back. I made a bumper sticker with a phrase that I read here on Free Republic:

Pacifists are Parasites on Freedom

A Cuban woman came up to me in the parking log 3 days ago and asked where I got it. I had to tell her that I had it made and as far as I knew it wasn’t sold. She relied, “It’s so true” and walked away.

[ladtx]

Even the lunatic standing on the corner preaching the end of the world brings up a good point here and there, but it's not worth listening to the rest of the rants.

[Cultural Jihad]

Where was the barf alert? Supposedly the Twin Tower attack was all some Orwellian tactic in order to make us accept taking off our shoes at airports.

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[j_tull]

FU, Brad.

signed,
20 year vet.

[Nebr FAL owner]

Sadly I must agree . The "gentleman" & I use that term rather loosely seems to think that it is the military's job to keep the elected officials honest it is not! It is the job of you & me ! The job of the armed forces is to break things & kill people in the name of the people & govt. of this nation. As for not oweing those who have served & have been cripled/disabled in the line of duty the fellow is a ungrateful louse & unworthy of the service of the members of this nations armed forces.

[skip2myloo]

Somebody (Safire, Novak ??) described Hillary as a congenital liar.

This writer also has some congenital defect I'm at a loss to diagnose.

Perhaps he was rejected by the military and has been angry ever since ??

Maybe he's just jealous.

This is such a broad attack against so many different elements of a big picture (opening with military health care, then headed to Pearl Harbor, then gun control) that it is incoherent.

If he's got a point to make, not only does he fail to make it -- we don't even understand what it is.

Claiming not to owe the military establishment anything is bizarre, who said he did ??

It's just a rant.

[RebelBanker]

This hatred of and contempt for the military is why I can not stomach these people.

As to the "1984" accusation, this is a common tactic used by totalitarian governments that can control their people's access to information. (Think Soviet Union or China.) It absolutely will not work in a free society in which the common people have open access to the news as we do. I will grant that much of the so-called news is propaganda, but it is not controlled by the government and thus does not work as in "1984."

[Arkinsaw]

Supposedly the Twin Tower attack was all some Orwellian tactic in order to make us accept taking off our shoes at airports.

You didn't say it with the proper hysteria. Thats why you it sounds so lame.

[2banana]

Brad Edmonds might make a better point if he could get his facts straight:

The only foreign action the US has seen is Pearl Harbor

At the time, Hawaii was a territory and not a state (just like the Philippines and Wake Island that the Japs invaded). How about the the War of 1812 when the Brits burned Washington? The Civil War? Mexican-American War? Indian Wars?

I don't idolize, but I do admire those 99% of the members of the armed forces who have served honorably. But I owe them nothing.

Spoken by someone who lives in a safe neighborhood, works in a safe building and does not worry about heat, food or clothing. Wonder how he would change his tune if he lived in the constant fear of an invading army that would execute him if they won (Israeli) or would sell him into slavery (Sudan) or force him to convert to Islam (Nigeria).

Most, probably nearly all, in the military entered for personal reasons, not just to "protect our freedoms."

Maybe pre 9/11. Not post 9/11. He needs to actually go visit and talk with some of our troops...

[Howlin]

OMG, that is so dang funny!

Spread it around!

[Bluegrass Federalist]

What an ass.