At some point, pacifism becomes part of the machinery of death.

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7. it's not 'pacifism' to resist the counterproductive and destabilizing force of our military

. . . against nations which haven't actually threatened us at all.

Our nation's defenses aren't there for every instance someone thinks they can avenge or protect something or the other. If that was the case, the U.S. would be in perpetual war in more than just the handful of nations and regions it is right now.

You'll be thinking much differently about pacifists when the nation slips into war with Syria. Or, maybe you'll play a part in the shifting justifications for continuing military operations in response to every retaliation and defense against our swaggering imperialism. Who the hell do these folks think America is? What gives us the right to threaten nations who haven't actually threatened us?

You can try and make the issue of militarily intervening in Syria out to be a moral question about Syria's behavior, but, it's a question of the correctness of the use of OUR own devastating and destabilizing forces, first.