President
Obama calls for “peace”
President Obama has said about the
rioting and police response in Ferguson, MO: "Now is the time for peace
and calm on the streets of Ferguson. Now is the time for an open and
transparent process to see that justice is done." Which is exactly why he
allows the Pentagon to distribute military arsenals to local police departments
like Ferguson PD... -8/15
The Pentagon |
From
the Pentagon to the police station
I am NOT okay with the Pentagon giving
military arsenals to local police departments. I can see the use for a SWAT
team but not a SWAT army. The Pentagon should be issuing surplus goods to the
National Guards. If there is a genuine military-grade threat at home, the
Governor should call up the state militia, NOT militarized police. -8/15
When
statist academics command armies
One of the things I like best about Navy
SEAL Dick Marcinko's books is that he tells it like it is. There are always
politicos in Washington--some idealistic to the point of self-righteous, some
totally corrupt--who constantly screw with the military.
Despite their naivety and outright
arrogance, none of these pencil-pushing idiots have ever served or knows how to
lead troops in battle. Yet they use the military to push their personal agendas
and it always gets people killed. -8/17
Private military/security contractors |
Citizen
militias vs. private military companies
Libertarians are often undecided on
whether the ideal military organization is the citizens' militia or the private
military company. Both entities can align with libertarian ideas, depending on
the morality and objectives of the operators.
The citizens' militia predates the US
Army by over 150 years, but the first English colonial warriors were private
sector troops, as Plymouth and Jamestown colonies were corporate endeavors.
Just as both entities can be effective tools for communal self-defense, both
types of entities can throw away morality and become instruments of oppression
for states, quasi-states, warlords, and private sector despots. -8/18
Libertarians,
anarchists, and voting
For those who believe that the state is
violence and that even voting is ultimately participation in such violence,
consider this: voting for libertarians, or libertarian ballot measures, is
self-defense. -8/14
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Private military contractors photo courtesy of Private Military Contractors Facebook page. Pentagon aerial photo Camila Ferreira and Mario Duran used via CC BY-SA 3.0 license, courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.
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