| > the fact that few, if any Americans share that concern is certainly very disappointing. I had thought Americans better than that in my younger years, apparently not. I would not be surprised to know that this is correct, but the only thing I can do is speak to my own opinion. That I see nothing inherently wrong with supporting the government or military does not mean I agree with everything they do. Perhaps my beliefs are mistaken, but as far as I know the military does not act on its own accord but from orders of elected officials. This being the case, the correct action to me doesn't appear to be weakening the military but to elect people who you think will act in ways you agree with. Developing military strength is a long term effort, and given the people I vote for likely will not win every time, I don't think going back and forth between supporting or not supporting the military makes sense. Perhaps this is very naive of me, but I also think that it's entirely possible I don't have the context to know better than those who make these decisions, or I could frankly just be wrong. This being the case I trust that others are still working to the common good even if they do it through means different than I. To be completely honest, I do not understand why we keep fighting wars or why we want to behave like we are the world police. Nevertheless this behavior seems to continue no matter which party is in office, so I can only assume there's a good reason for it. |