http://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/2008/06/30/shot-down/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=shot-down n. the principle of good order<br /><br /> "Observe the strange inversion of all order and sense! Dignity debased; how vilely is the function of a consul prostituted!" ~The Craftsman Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:25:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/2008/06/30/shot-down/comment-page-1/#comment-11910 tenaciousd Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:11:31 +0000 http://www.amconmag.com/larison/2008/06/30/shot-down/#comment-11910 What I thought was lost in this discussion was the subtext of Gen. Clark's comments. That is, getting shot down in service of America's imperial-interventionism is not the same as ordering "bombs to fall" as a wartime commander implementing America's imperial-interventionist agenda. In this case, Clark has far more experience than either McCain or Obama. After all, Clark oversaw America's last successful imperialist intervention. So, who better to judge. In this light, his comments make perfect sense. However, the discussion always has to turn into an effort to stifle any civilian questioning of any form of military service. If you can't question the military, then you can't question militarism--even though they are not always the same thing. No one has the sort of W.J. Bryan gall to ask "Shall the people or the military rule?" What I thought was lost in this discussion was the subtext of Gen. Clark’s comments. That is, getting shot down in service of America’s imperial-interventionism is not the same as ordering “bombs to fall” as a wartime commander implementing America’s imperial-interventionist agenda. In this case, Clark has far more experience than either McCain or Obama. After all, Clark oversaw America’s last successful imperialist intervention. So, who better to judge. In this light, his comments make perfect sense. However, the discussion always has to turn into an effort to stifle any civilian questioning of any form of military service. If you can’t question the military, then you can’t question militarism–even though they are not always the same thing. No one has the sort of W.J. Bryan gall to ask “Shall the people or the military rule?”

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