I’m one of many Christians here who are not at war with libertarian policies. My late husband was a libertarian from a young age, and he served proudly in the Army for 30 years-please don’t tell me that you think he was a pervert, drug user or homosexual.
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Yes, but if your late husband was alive and could see that libertarians now wish to gut the military, are in favor of queers serving openly, and could see how they want to close military bases all over the world, I’m sure he would be disgusted.
You are incorrect-my husband has only been gone a couple of years and he was working as a veterans’ benefits counselor at the VA at the time, so he was very much aware of where things were headed. He liked Ron Paul.
After 9-11, he thought that we should defend our own shores and have more bases at home and not in countries where we are not welcome. He did not like nation building or limited force-Viet Nam was his favorite example. He thought if we were attacked, we should kick the enemy’s ass with devastating force, then go home-no money, no nation building.
He didn’t have a problem with don’t ask, don’t tell or homosexuals of either gender in the military-a fellow soldier was a fellow soldier, period, but then he didn’t think anyone should talk about sexual orientation in any job interview-people who don’t set themselves up for it don’t get ostracized. And he never used the term “queer”-not at work, not at home.
The libertarians I know are tired of homosexuals, minorities, space aliens and all others wanting to be a different, protected class from all others, You can be whatever you want-but you are no better than anyone else, so suck it up and act like a human being-no more special treatment. And that is my solution to all this protected class whining...
I consider myself a (small l) libertarian, and am not in favor of gays in the military, nor gutting the military.
I AM in favor of ending our involvement in operations that do not benefit our national security, such as Bosnia, and was opposed to our sticking our noses into Libya.
As far as places like Somalia, I would prefer we not set foot there again, and focus on blowing away pirate boats. Better yet, not stand in the way of the shipping companies contracting with private outfits to blow away the pirates for them.