Quotes

[infrogmation]

"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the houses of its children."

"War in our time has become an anachronism. Whatever the case in the past, war in the future can serve no useful purpose. A war which became general, as any limited action might, would only result in the virtual destruction of mankind."

both of the above quotes by 5 star General Dwight D. Eisenhower, 34th president of the USA, an expert military man well aware of and unusually honest about the nature of war.

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In other news, this week's New Yorker has some very moving accounts of the WTC tragedy and some excellent articles.

Also, I guess we now know the results of the Enemy Competition The Onion wrote about.

Comments

[ex-corax898.livejournal.com]

>>>Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the houses of its children."<<<

This statement just goes to show that conservatives share many of the same fundamental premises as does liberal altruism

[infrogmation.livejournal.com]

>>>Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the houses of its children."<<<

This statement just goes to show that conservatives share many of the same fundamental premises as does liberal altruism

When you realize that he is pointing out the sacrifice caused by the resources and talent which the goverment removes from the free market by coersion, I don't think libertarians should have much problem with Eisenhower's statement either.