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<blockquote data-quote="vantexan" data-source="post: 5886963" data-attributes="member: 24302">Am I a conscientious objector?&nbsp; Depends on motive.&nbsp; Japan attacks us so we join the war effort to stop two incredibly evil regimes who are determined to take over the world.&nbsp; I support that.&nbsp; al-Qaeda attacks us and we use that as an excuse to take out a pain in our side, Saddam Hussein.&nbsp; We use that as an excuse to manipulate the situation on the ground in Afghanistan to keep there much longer than necessary to pad defense industry profits.&nbsp; I don&#039;t support that.&nbsp; What would make for peace?&nbsp; I think no matter what we do there will always be men trying to seize power and they&#039;ll cause death and destruction.&nbsp; Deterrents and a willingness to use them is a good start towards keeping the peace.&nbsp; I support a strong military and also local law enforcement for the deterrence they provide.&nbsp; I don&#039;t support using that military to provoke war to make our corporations richer.&nbsp; I certainly don&#039;t write off an entire people as intrinsically evil so that we should just kill all of them to insure peace.&nbsp; If you want to have a civilized world you have to uphold principles to live by.&nbsp; Otherwise you just devolve into savagery.&nbsp; And that should hold true whether you profess Christianity or are an avowed atheist.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="vantexan, post: 5886963, member: 24302"] Am I a conscientious objector? Depends on motive. Japan attacks us so we join the war effort to stop two incredibly evil regimes who are determined to take over the world. I support that. al-Qaeda attacks us and we use that as an excuse to take out a pain in our side, Saddam Hussein. We use that as an excuse to manipulate the situation on the ground in Afghanistan to keep there much longer than necessary to pad defense industry profits. I don't support that. What would make for peace? I think no matter what we do there will always be men trying to seize power and they'll cause death and destruction. Deterrents and a willingness to use them is a good start towards keeping the peace. I support a strong military and also local law enforcement for the deterrence they provide. I don't support using that military to provoke war to make our corporations richer. I certainly don't write off an entire people as intrinsically evil so that we should just kill all of them to insure peace. If you want to have a civilized world you have to uphold principles to live by. Otherwise you just devolve into savagery. And that should hold true whether you profess Christianity or are an avowed atheist. [/QUOTE]

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