At 12:49 7-2-2003 -0500, Jon Gabriel wrote:
Ridiculous. This is precisely the type of quote that sounds just great as a sound-bite and reflects nothing about the real world. War is sometimes necessary. At the risk of repeating myself, one can argue logically and convincingly that the most important job a country has is maintaining and defending its borders and citizens. Schroeder sounds like he's forgotten (or is afraid to acknowledge) this basic truth.He apparently hasn't forgotten that, as he has not called for doing away with the German military. However, he appears to belief that the purpose of the German military is to defend the German borders, not to be a stockpile of troops
. What some people seem to have forgotten, however, that there is a difference between having a military for the purpose of defending the country, and having a military for the purpose of waging war all over the globe.
Jeroen "Make love, not war" van Baardwijk
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