I have noticed that many people, including several preachers I have heard over the years, criticize the government and say that we can’t trust the government or that the government is corrupt or evil. Yet, these are the same people that praise the military every chance they get. It’s as though the military is not part of the government. The truth, of course, is that the military is the president’s personal attack force and the government’s enforcer.

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