Naomi, hi.
While I also dislike the liberal tendency within academia, I am equally dismissive of it in the military, or any other field. A lot of Afghans have no problem farming. They grow lots of Heroine poppies.
The US military should not be engaged in social work. It's job in A'Stan is to secure the population - a concept the US re-realised in Vietnam - to enable political and social solutions to work. This is not new.
The problem with liberal academics are same of those of conservative academics, in that they are generally very ignorant of both the history and realities of the use of lethal force for political gain, and have a problem understanding that killing and the breaking of will is a necessary part of ensuring human security and social order.
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