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I fully agree with your views above. The libs have forgotten this little tract:

War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.
John Stuart Mill
English economist & philosopher (1806 - 1873)

and are willing to sacrifice the rights they hold so dear, in order to 'humanize' the world. They are sheeple who deserve what they are wishing for, I just hope they do it another country. Let them attempt to run rampant the way they do here, spouting off against their government, its policies and ruling parties - say in Iran, Malaysia, an African 'democracy'.... They have forgotten that this country was forged by war, in order to preserve the rights of responsible citizens who were in later years willing to fight to preserve those rights. Would these liberals feel as disturbed if the military were fighting in their backyards to protect them because their protests brought the current world tensions into their homes? Would they accept responsibility for doing so? Would they pick up arms and fight to protect themselves? I believe the answer to all of the previous questions is a resounding "NO", they would expect better men and women to protect them and fight in order to preserve their way of life.

This country tried Isolationism, twice, and we were embroiled in 2 World Wars because of it. the liberals fail to realize that they are not dealing with people who have the same rights with which they have been blessed , nor the economic bounty, nor the freedoms, nor the protections under the law, nor the cultural diversity... They cannot understand the single minded determination of our current enemies, because they can change causes on a whim when they get tired of their current 'cause juste'.

As to the study of military history - it is bloody, it is brutal, it is not pretty. There is honor, there is dishonor; there is bravery, there is cowardice; there is the depth of man; there is subterfuge; there is blatant heroics. Military history is the study of the causes that have shaped our world, our politics, our views.

disjointed rant over.