{"id":36190,"date":"2011-08-19T17:48:37","date_gmt":"2011-08-20T01:48:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=36190"},"modified":"2011-08-19T17:48:37","modified_gmt":"2011-08-20T01:48:37","slug":"war-is-sometimes-the-answer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=36190","title":{"rendered":"War Is Sometimes The Answer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rachel posts to FB: wonders about those who say &#8220;war is not the answer&#8221;, yet also sympathize with *terrorists* who attack innocent civilians, calling them &#8220;freedom fighters&#8221;. Isn&#8217;t that what soldiers in, say, Afghanistan and Iraq consider themselves &#8211; people fighting for freedom? Just be consistent, if not condemn murder in the name of any cause. Incidentally, murder is always wrong. And at least military combat is voluntary, as opposed to violence perpetrated by terrorists. 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