humanities.philosophy.objectivism

On Mar 11, 8:32 pm, Bill C
wrote:
> "Mark Sieving" wrote in message

> > I have no interest in getting into this argument, but it appears that
> > what Potroast is citing is The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S.
> > Military, published by the Oxford University Press.
>
> If so, it's misleading and inconsistent with any other widely recognized
> definition of genocide.

But, if true, not surprising either. The military, tragically, has
become just as infected by the same moral corruption and inversion of
injustice as all of our other institutions. The "one-hand-tied-behind-
our-backs" and "walking-on-egg-shells" way we have been fighting in
the Mideast is entirely symptomatic of it, which is why it is a lost
cause.

The corruption has gone down even to our military academies, including
West Point, where "Just War Theory" is being taught to our cadets as
part of the standard curriculum.

http://www.theobjectivestandard.com/issues/2006-spring/just-war-theory.asp

We might as well tear down the proud figure of the Statue of Liberty
as a symbol of our country to the rest of the world and replace it
with a kneeling figure, head bowed holding a sign over its head "We
Surrender". And certainly forget about "Don't Tread on Me" when our
foreign policy is based on exactly the opposite.

Fred Weiss