In a time of hyper blind nationalism, with imperialist wars being started against countries that neither threatened nor attacked the U.S., when our military schools include leaders who call themselves Christians and teach the young people that God wants them to kill Muslims, when our top leaders in D.C. lie to start wars, lie about the costs, use the military as muscle for corporations that want to steal assets from third world countries… I’d say no one should join the military.
What is interesting is how these responses—and they each contain a nugget of truth if wrong in other ways—nevertheless reinforce the idea that, A) if these are Obama’s voters, maybe they shouldn’t ever be allowed near our military, and, B) give the impression of a permanent opposition that never actually expects to be in power.
What if Obama is President? Will it always be someone else’s military? Will the military, like the flag remain the sole “property” of Republicans by default?
Unless you are a pacifist—and that is a respectable thing to be—think about the implications of the statements above. Last time I checked our military was yours and mine too. If it’s broken fix it. That is how democracy works. You just don’t walk away and pretend that this is all someone else’s problem.
