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Re: Our Chickenhawk Country?

Posted by Olog-hai on Mon Mar 2 13:16:22 2015, in response to Re: Our Chickenhawk Country, posted by SLRT on Mon Mar 2 12:15:21 2015.

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Do you feel that the writer of the "Chicken-hawk" article is mistaken in saying the country is too separated from the military?

The writer wants to militarize the country like the USSR was?
Universal military service is law. Military service in the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army is an honorable duty of the citizens of the USSR.

To defend the fatherland is the sacred duty of every citizen of the USSR. Treason to the country—violation of the oath of allegiance, desertion to the enemy, impairing the military power of the state, espionage—is punishable with all the severity of the law as the most heinous of crimes.

— Articles 132 and 133 of the 1936 constitution, respectively

Citizens of the USSR are obliged to safeguard the interests of the Soviet state, and to enhance its power and prestige. Defense of the Socialist Motherland is the sacred duty of every citizen of the USSR. Betrayal of the Motherland is the gravest of crimes against the people.

Military service in the ranks of the Armed Forces of the USSR is an honorable duty of Soviet citizens.

— Articles 62 and 63 of the 1977 constitution, respectively
And the modern professional military you laud has had some amazing modern professional f*ck-ups. Like the soldiers at Abu Ghraib. Like Beau Bergdahl. Like Major (Nidal) Hassan. And the people who let these people happen

All down to leadership.

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