Conservative Incoherence on National “Defense”

08/29/2014 Mises Wire Ryan McMaken

They extend the WWII argument to all other wars. Did the Mexicna war make us free? How about the invasion of Grenada? They also reject Henry’s arguments about the preservation of liberty - And then there’s crovelli’s point about the right to bear arms and a large military. As well as 18th century arguments against standing armies.

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