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Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield
Not really. Your default reaction is to almost always criticize US policy, or any militarism.
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What I said had nothing to do with policy. It was about the boneheads who glorify Chris Kyle. If that's criticizing militarism, I can live with that. I said that most soldiers don't deserve to be lumped with Chris Kyle.
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He's saying, see both sides of the coin, instead of pretending to do so.
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What side of what coin am I not seeing? I'm not pretending Chris Kyle was a saint.
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It's telling your (and my) knee jerk reaction is to be skeptical of those who think brutishly, who react with force immediately. It's intellectually offensive, particularly to liberals. But we need the brutes who see in black and white sometimes. We both know that.
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If you are saying that we need a military that is ready to kill people, I don't disagree. But if you are saying that we need a military full of Chris Kyles, I think you're wrong, and I think your adopting a pose that has nothing to do with what kind of soldiers we need. The guy I've been hanging out with if full of interesting things to say about the military and the recent conflicts, and much of it is critical. I don't get the mindset that the military deserves unthinking support.
