What I was saying is that there are lots of people (libertarians) who are against almost any government spending. This includes both social and military. There are also many on FR who are against social spending but not against military spending. There is pretty much nobody on FR who is against military spending and in favor of social spending.
That is why you don't see libertarians on FR arguing against social spending. There is nobody to argue the other side. They don't have any opponents on this forum. Go to Reddit and you will see lots of libertarians arguing against social spending. On that forum there are lots of people who hold the contrary view. The reason you only see libertarians arguing against military spending on FR is because they have opponents here.
Fair enough Nitzy. I think you make a decent enough argument why social spending isn’t addressed. I will tell you it sure doesn’t stop me from railing against it, even though there’s no opposition to that stance here. I do it all the time. Reinforcing sound policy is a reasoned thing to do in Conservative circles.
As for the anti-military engagement stance of the Libertarians, it places the Libertarian party in extreme fringe territory for me.
I’m sorry, but I’ve watch over half a century some of the worst ilk known to man trash the U.S. involvement in sound military actions overseas. When the Libertarians do it, it just causes me to see them for who they are. They are fellow travelers of those who hate this nation with a passion that is incapable of explained, excepting that they side with our enemies.
The folks who practiced this “right” back in the 60s and 70s, cost us untold lives by prolonging the Vietnam war. They aided the enemy at every opportunity, with public opinion, and influencing political players on the left forcing our president to call cease-fires that kept the NVC in the game.
We could have won that war years before it ended, if it weren’t for the folks operation on the NVC’s behalf inside the United States. They didn’t give a damn about peace, something they always (supposedly) championed.
The big satan in their eyes was the U.S. They complained about all the lives the U.S. was costing in Vietnam. Then the war was over and about 3 million souls were exterminated. The peace protesters never said a single word about that 3 million.
When these folks hit the streets during the war in Iraq, it was the same crew, still largely made up of Marxists who never saw an enemy of the U.S. they wouldn’t spoon with if given half a chance.
These are the folks the Libertarians become the fellow travelers with, when they dawn the anti-war stance.
Nah, I’ve seen this all before.