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by somebody who\u2019s been, you know, in combat<\/a>\u2013unlike the Ruling Class chickenhawks who send other people to die and view our troops as infinitely manipulable lab rats for their social theorizing.<\/p>\n

The basic notion of the Left in power, when it comes to having command of the military is, \u201cOoh!\u00a0 Fun!\u00a0 Somebody I can just\u2026 *do* things to and they *have* to obey!\u00a0 A toy set *and* a laboratory!\u00a0 Goody!\u201d\u00a0 Our system of checks and balances in civil life is a frustration to the Left (hence the calls for getting rid of the Constitution from the NY Times).\u00a0 But with the military, the Left enjoys the absolute power it would really like to impose on the rest of us if it could.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"