BYU tarded: Editorials on War
Either this guy writes satire straighter than George Orwell, or he's a complete idiot:
First wrong thing: This guy criticizes an ROTC cadet about war, but doesn't list his credentials. Either he's also a cadet, or he's an idiot. It's like Palin and Giuliani criticizing Obama on leadership ability.
Second wrong thing: He praises war for war's sake, as if every war were equal. Some wars are just, some are unjust. Some are oppressive, some wars fight oppression. To lump them all together and call it good, as if it were God's creation, is the new trend in patriotism, and completely stupid.
The Three Mantras from 1984
Like most Mormon proponents for war, this fellow needs to spend less time flexing his pecks, pretending he's Captain Moroni, and more time reading the Book of Mormon.
The only time war is justified in that book is when one group invades another's territory, and the attacked fight against the attackers to drive them out. Preemptive attacks, even against an evil and deserving nation, are condemned:
"And it was abecause the armies of the Nephites went up unto the Lamanites that they began to be smitten; for were it not for that, the Lamanites could have had no power over them."
Such uncharitable behavior will destroy our freedom, not protect it.
War is profitable. It has rarely been a mechanism for freedom, and for the last 60 years has been used almost exclusively to protect U.S. financial interests and to make a profit.
Or maybe you've never heard of the military-industrial complex.
I've written about this before here, here, and here. And Kath wrote here. Kind of getting tired of it.
First wrong thing: This guy criticizes an ROTC cadet about war, but doesn't list his credentials. Either he's also a cadet, or he's an idiot. It's like Palin and Giuliani criticizing Obama on leadership ability.Second wrong thing: He praises war for war's sake, as if every war were equal. Some wars are just, some are unjust. Some are oppressive, some wars fight oppression. To lump them all together and call it good, as if it were God's creation, is the new trend in patriotism, and completely stupid.
The Three Mantras from 1984The only time war is justified in that book is when one group invades another's territory, and the attacked fight against the attackers to drive them out. Preemptive attacks, even against an evil and deserving nation, are condemned:
"And it was abecause the armies of the Nephites went up unto the Lamanites that they began to be smitten; for were it not for that, the Lamanites could have had no power over them."
Such uncharitable behavior will destroy our freedom, not protect it.
War is profitable. It has rarely been a mechanism for freedom, and for the last 60 years has been used almost exclusively to protect U.S. financial interests and to make a profit.
Or maybe you've never heard of the military-industrial complex.
I've written about this before here, here, and here. And Kath wrote here. Kind of getting tired of it.
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