Reply #19: The US military has a sordid and shameful history [View All]

[Slagathor]

who gives a shit what some retired general has to say? When was the last time the US military did anything noble or just or operated humanely and for the right political end? WWII? It's hard, even, to make a case that the US wasn't entirely motivated by naked self-interest in that war. It wasn't as much about fighting fascism as it was to secure an American hegemony.

I think it's about time the US military was disbanded. It's an unnecessary tool of imperialism, seldom used in aid of human freedom. It's a burbling, stumbling imbecile, stomping flatfootedly around the world, causing more harm than good. Unless you consider: Afghanistan, Iraq II, Iraq I, Somalia, The Balkans, Grenada, Vietnam, Korea, WWI, Cuba, Spain... anything other than grotesque and disgusting failures.

So, yeah, who gives a shit what some warmongering old creep thinks? He's part of a larger problem.

PS okay... so maybe Panama went well, but I'm hard pressed to think of another example.