What is a free society? What is patriotism? What does it mean to serve your country? These are all questions with various answers. However after hearing what Rahm Emanuel said in an interview recently about Obama's plan for a "Universal Citizen Service" or a "Citizen Army" the quote "A patriot must always be an guard to protect his country from the government" comes to mind. Obama has actually suggested and hinted at reinstating millitary conscripton. That is right, Obama has, not directy said but has hinted at, reviving a draft like program for the millitary! Rahm said "Citizenship is not an entitelment program...it comes with responsibilites." Oh really Mr. Emanuel? Where does it say that those "responsibilites", which seemingly arise simply from BEING BORN,are to serve the interests of Barack Obama and Rahm Emanuel?! Emanuel says it will serve to give Americans a "common experience." I thought that experience was supposed to be liberty and freedom, not the experience of being forced into millitary service by the government. He also talks about a "sense of service." Service? We are meant to serve the government? Since when are the citizens of a free country meant to serve, against their will, at gun point or by compulsion, the government? What exactly are we entitled to by the government? They let us live? They give us the privledge of paying taxes? It is nice to know that no matter what our opinion is of a war or millitary action we or obliged to fight in that cause for our "own good." How benevolent of them.
As expected Emanuel talked about serving our country, coming togther as one and all the other blind Amerian patriotism jargon to try to get listeners to swallow his heeping pile of bullshit. He is trying to say that if you do not serve in the millitary than you are being Un-American. Last time I checked being American meant believing in liberty and freedom of choice. Since when is it against America to stand for the anti-state anti-government views of its Founders? There is a citizen army Mr. Emanuel, and its called the people and the 2nd Amendment. Sadly this army is meant to protect WE the people from YOU the government in case you try to force us to serve your will. Besides liberals like Emanuel have been pushing for gun control laws and regulations for years; now suddenly they want us to be armed? Make no mistake this has nothing to do with defense. It has everything to do with taking away guns from private citizens and arming more government sanctioned soldiers. They simply want more control over our lives and to tell us how to live.
Many proponents say that "it's not a draft really. Its only 3 months of basic training." I have a few problems with that. First problem is ummmmm the use of Force! You would have no choice but to join. All Americans between the ages of 18-25 would be forced to be a part of this, even if they did not want to. What gives Obama the right to do this? Simply because he believes it's in our best interest? Second problem is believing the government. Only for 3 months? Not going to be used unless needed? I was also told Iraq had WMD's. I was told the Patriot Act would be used responsibly and only against "terrorists". I was told that the Coast Guard would never be sent overseas. I was told that the National Guard would only protect our boarders here at home. I was told that the War in Iraq would be quick. I was told that creating NAFTA would decrease illegal immigration greatly by the year 2020. I was told that more spending on education would help children. Was any of this true? NO! Not at all! So excuse me if I do not trust the government with even more power. Three months may turn into six months. Which may turn into millitary service, which may turn into "Universal Citizen Service" personale over in Iraq.
The fundamnetals of a free society mean the absence of the use of force. Patriotism means believing in the values your country stands for and being willing to defend them, especially against the government. Patriotism is NOT doing whatever the state wants us to do, and being forced to serve their wishes. Freely joining the armed service is a wonderful thing. Freely entering into any contract is exactly what freedom is about. You are most certainly NOT obliged to join the millitary simply because you happened to be born in this country. The government is not a socail contract where certain rights are forfit simply for being alive. This sort of state servitiude is exactly what Hitler and Stalin preached. State first, the collective, the greater good, good of the nation. Isn't it funny how the collective and the state are entities that you always seem to have to work for the better of, yet are never apart of when your values or wants differ . The second your wishes do not coincide with the collective, you are branded a traitor, or un-patriotic. Frederick Hayek's "The Road to Serfdom" talked about the trend towards totalitarianism. He wrote,
"Perhaps the fact that we have seen millions voting themselves into complete dependence on a tyrant has made our generation understand that to choose one's government is not necessarily to secure freedom."
America needs to re-learn this lesson very quickly. I am by no means saying Barack Obama is going to be the next Hitler. However a lot of his pro-state ideas were espoused by leaders like Hitler and Stalin. This is a very dangerous road that Obama and his ilk are treading down. The government was meant to protect our rights, not to subjigate its citizens to its will. By forcing its citizens to join any millitary conscription program it is declaring that its will is above its citizens and those who are against being forced into it are somehow not being "good citizens." As Aristotle once said "It is not always the same thing to be a good man and a good citizen." America, its time to start being good men.
In Liberty,
Mr. Jefferson
"If we wish to preserve a free society, it is essential that we recognize that the desirability of a particular object is not sufficient justification for the use of coercion."
-Friedrich Hayek
Here are some links to Obama's plan for a "Universal Citizen Service."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtDSwyCPEsQ
http://wsws.org/articles/2008/sep2008/obam-s13.shtml
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=77875
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