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Originally Posted by Flames Draft Watcher
The foreign policy of our country most definitely should be the business of every civilian.
I am not dictating foreign policy, you should be able to tell that from my posts. Defense strategy? Last time I checked Afghanistan has not attacked Canada.
Who decides our foreign policy? Civilians with no special knowledge of the military. We call them politicians. Sure they have advisors who are more informed than we are. That does not make them right and it doesn't make them infallible.
You are giving government a free pass to do whatever it wants to do and encouraging everybody to stay out of its business. Your claim that no one but specialists can question foreign policy is a very dangerous concept. I'm surprised you can't see that.
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Afghanistan didn't attack Canada, but forces under their sovereignty and support did attack a NATO ally, thus giving us all the just cause for invasion.
Civilians control the military as the extension of their political ends, but they do so with the instruction and guidance of professionals. As well, these civilians are often highly educated and briefed with all the information they need to know.
I'm not saying that only specialists can question foreign policy. I am saying that only people with a defined moral sense and education can engage effectively in politics. The rest is just a mob.