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In reply to the discussion: The Sugar Makes the Poison Taste Sweet [View all]Titonwan
(785 posts)Sabrina. I've seen this pull to the right here for a while. I can't and won't defend things that go against my principles as I am a strong civil libertarian with a side dish of liberal. It makes no political sense to propose things a democratic people wouldn't want, yet we're told they're necessary- by both parties. War is a damned racket.
I don't forget the drone strikes on innocents or the 140 secret wars we're engaged in right now. We still have off shore sites for detainment and interrogation that the IRC and UN do not sanction or approve of. We're told indefinite detention doesn't run foul of the constitution and targeted killing of American citizens without due process is cool, as long as the president is doing it. (Dat you, Nixon?)
Ten tours is a horrid thing to do to a human being- full stop.