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Originally Posted by peter12
This makes me sick. The people who released these documents, contributed to our public atmosphere of cowardice, and put the lives of ISAF troops in danger should be imprisoned.
The business of the state abroad is not the business of citizens, even in a democracy. A state acts to protect its interests and defend the regime's idea of a common good. To execute the will of a state one must be prepared to accept some human cost. Civilians die in war, it is the sad and inevitable consequence of violence.
As republican nations abroad, we are acting in the name of republican values, we are not pillagers, rapists or thieves.
I am disgusted by the response of some of the above posters to these documents. So much for patriotism, so much for courage.
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What does this have to do with courage?
How can a state both be a republic and fight for republican ideals, and act unilaterally in war without any check on their power or decision-making?
I think it's idealistic at best to say republican nations are acting in the name of republican values. They are acting in the name of their nation's interest. Republican values be damned.