Monday, September 2, 2013

Forcing Others To Make War

We'll be fighting in the streets
With our children at our feet
And the moral that they worship
Will be gone
--The Who

Suppose you do not like what is going on Syria and you think military force is in order. You have several options. You can shoulder arms and head to the Middle East, where there is a liquid market for mercenaries. You can talk to others and try to convince them to do the same.

If you do not want to be a mercenary then you can outsource this work--you can hire agents to do the work for you.

What you cannot do is force others in this country to take up arms and engage in warfare alongside you or on your behalf. You also cannot force others in this country to pay for you or others to engage in warfare that you are interested in pursuing.

If you do so then you are enslaving others to work on your behalf. In this case, you are forcing others to make war.

1 comment:

dgeorge12358 said...

War is an instrument entirely inefficient toward redressing wrong; and multiplies, instead of indemnifying losses.
~Thomas Jefferson

The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.
~SunTzu