But at Least They Are Not Killing Anyone (This Time)
November 11, 2013
U.S. Marines and sailors have been sent to the city of Tacloban in the Philippines after it was devastated by a typhoon. Not the purpose of the military, but at least they are not killing anyone. What a change from when the U.S. military killed thousands over there during the Philippine “Insurrection” in 1899-1902.
Laurence M. Vance [send him mail] writes from central Florida. He is the author of The Free Society; War, Christianity, and the State: Essays on the Follies of Christian Militarism; War, Empire, and the Military: Essays on the Follies of War and U.S. Foreign Policy; King James, His Bible, and Its Translators, and many other books. His newest book is The U.S. Proxy War in Ukraine.
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