Recent content by Kojac

With as little information about the conflict, it's impossible to tell if someone's dipping out because of their fear or their principles.

The young troops aren't all as naive as you think they are anymore.

In short, your failure is that you're advocating a system that relies on all people to desire complete independence. You do so incompletely, though. You want a justice system set up to your standards, which doesn't make sense in your magical world where everyone wants to rule their own lives...

The people combined don't equal the power of one rich dude. I'd assume you're aware that a very very high percentage of the world's wealth is in the hands of a very very small percentage of people, correct? If you want a system that provides equal opportunities for everyone to climb between...

We'll put it this way, then. To those of you that promote a stateless, voluntary society without a government and certainly without a government's military, what do you do when the hyper-wealthy emerge, and some (or even just one) of them purchases his own military, his own power, and begins to...

Y'all think you're advocating a free society, but a free society that defends itself minimally or not at all is easy pickings. Yes, that includes border issues. Citizenship, when not hereditary, ought to be awarded only to those that demonstrate a capacity to maintain residence in the country.

Voluntary system of law? Well, I'm sorry, I didn't volunteer in that scenario. I guess you're still hypothetically screwed. To pcosmar: I believe in limited government as well. It's like 6 posts up if you've been following. I also have a private school education and have read many of the...

So in your magical world of anarchy, I see that you've got stuff I want. I pick a rifle of my choosing, I shoot you, I take your stuff. There is no government, I can do this as long as I'm strong enough to defend myself. YAY ANARCHY. On the other hand, there are times when people...

Tremendoustie, let me remind you that the government of the United States is supposed to be one by the people, for the the people, and of the people. (or if you prefer...) "We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility...

I'm going to start basic and see if I can bring this point out clearly. Too much government is stifling. It is tyrannical and controlling. It eventually forces a populace to comply with its will because of fear: fear of arrest, fear of death, fear of financial ruin, fear of what might happen to...

Funny, military strikes usually involve disabling enemy communications. Ever heard of a little aircraft called the Prowler?

Just so we're on the same page here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_of_Switzerland ... if you're having trouble finding data on the USMC, here's an index (which is somewhat lacking) http://usmilitary.about.com/od/marines/l/blfactfile.htm The way Marine's operate is a little harder to...

Costa Rica isn't going to get invaded because there are a lot of external stabilizing forces that make it unprofitable or dangerous for its neighbors to try anything, even if they wanted to. My logic isn't circular on a standing military, especially for the United States; as many problems as we...

A standing military is a necessity for the defense of anything sovereign, be it a constitutional republic or a dictatorial empire. Every member of ours swears to defend the Constitution, and however it may or may not be misused, the problem does not lay with the military itself, but with...

ProBlue, are you serious? NATO? You want to advocate a smaller military in favor of global centralization? We ought to be getting away from NATO and the UN.