The Most Moral Army in the World
May 23, 2024
The recent statement by the Israeli defense minister that the IDF is “the most moral army in the world” caused me to recall a video attached to an article by Ron Unz on LewRockwell.com that showed IDF soldiers laughing their heads off at the scene of a starving dog in Gaza eating the corpse of a Palestinian child. If that’s the most ethical army in the world, what does that say about all the other armies of the world?
Even the Jerusalem Post, by the way, doesn’t buy the “most moral army” propaganda line. They damn the IDF with faint praise, however, by saying it’s not the most immoral army either. Not exactly a high bar. Second most immoral? Third?
Dr. Thomas DiLorenzo [send him mail] is a former professor of economics at Loyola University Maryland and a longtime member of the senior faculty of the Mises Institute. He is the author or co-author of eighteen books including The Real Lincoln; How Capitalism Saved America; Lincoln Unmasked; Hamilton's Curse; Organized Crime: The Unvarnished Truth About Government; The Problem with Socialism; and The Politically-Incorrect Guide to Economics.
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