It’s been said that war is the health of the state. Perhaps so, just as long as that state doesn’t lose the war. With that thought as a backdrop, it can be convincingly argued that a constant state of war affords the central government opportunities to abridge freedoms and increase in size by ramping up spending on military hardware and personnel. Peace affords no such benefits to the government.
If a government actually wishes to pursue foreign conflicts, then anti-war protesters are its enemy. Anti-war activists have a nasty habit of pointing out the futility of the war, its costs in human and financial terms, and any contradictions between offical government propaganda and reality. Given the tension that is created between top political leaders and anti-war activists, the abridgment of free speech becomes a real possibility — even in a nation like the US which has a strong tradition of freedom of speech and of the press, and where such freedoms are guaranteed to the people in the country’s founding documents.
So when reports leak out that the military has completed its plans for rounding up and detaining anti-war protesters — such as is the case in the US now — it’s already long past time to take a hard look at what has been happening. More on this disturbing news on page two.
Kaye Thompson Would you want our soldiers taking over for the police ? We are not trained for that. A soldier is trained to kill. I suggest you watch the movie The Siege with Bruce Willis.
All you post is BULL. Lmao, everything you post is false.. Just to gain more money. All of your fandom consists of whatever-it-takes-believing-idiots. Can’t wait to post this message on all of your posts! Maybe to get a bit of reasonable people from supporting your c**p. I know you don’t like people like me, but I’m just gonna slide this comment into your comment section.
Billy Bragg – your for getting we still dealing with Obama he knows no bounds.
Ft rid of Trump protesters while you’re at it
Millions of foreign nationals on our American soil…that’s an invasion
… for there to be protesters, there needs to be a war (1)… if people protest, they will be rounded up and arrested (2 wars)… if a foreign power attacks us? (3rd war……)….. this will lead to revolution. …..
Perpetual war is b good for business and helps keep the “folks in line.
Bonus: troops protect poppy fields in Afghanistan to keep heroin plentiful and cheap!
Hillary supporters demanded that Trump accept the outcome of the vote yet it was Hillary supporters that rioted and refused to accept the outcome.
Good deal
Carl Hendrix
Lol. He did not.