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Why We Need a Military Despite Critics from San Francisco
Perhaps you have heard about the city councilman or county commissioner in San Francisco who said on TV in an interview that he did not feel the US needed a military? Many veterans, historians and intellectuals could not believe their ears. Perhaps you are one of them, personally I was appalled. Then to make matters worse the gentleman asked:
"What has the military done for us in the last five years?"
I suppose Senator John Kerry would agree with him, but 95% of the rest of America certainly know better. You see, as Carl von Clausewitz has in so many words proclaimed;
The Leader who fails to protect his civilization from his enemy, does so at the expense of his people.
Advanced defense technologies therefore are paramount to the on-going nature of human societies. It is not good or evil to promote military technologies, for it is a given, it just is and those who ignore the warnings or history of past periods are sure to repeat them. This author does not promote the needless slaughtering of one's own species or attempt to glorify war.
"War is Hell and thus you must bring Hell to your enemy before he delivers it to you" - Lance Winslow 2000
Indeed in all practical terms it makes the most sense to avoid military conflict to the fullest extent and insure open communications lines and human politics to render win/win situations for all those involved to come to an understanding which is best for all concerned.
"The best advice for War is not to have one, but if you do have one the best advice is to win - Decisively!" - Lance Winslow 2001
We must continually work on shoring up threats and develop technology to insure our National Defense and the defense of our allied nations. In Future Periods human wars may disappear, but we do not live in future periods, we live in the present. It is important that we get that philosophy straight first and so let's begin this dialogue with people who understand the reality and live somewhere other than San Francisco by the bay.
"Lance Winslow" - Online Think Tank forum board. If you have innovative thoughts and unique perspectives, come think with Lance; www.WorldThinkTank.net/. Lance is a guest writer for Our Spokane Magazine in Spokane, Washington
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