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What say you?
Kneejerk reaction: anti-military use.
More reasoned: I don't disagree with either Iraq or Afghanistan actions - I think Iraq was mis-managed after combat was over, but I didn't have a problem with going in. Obviously Afghanistan got second child attention but again, I didn't/don't have a problem with going in.
I accept preemption - the world is not separated by time-consuming ocean crossings. Big nations are no longer the sole holder of mass death. Death and destruction can come in a backpack, built in a garage or basement.
The political class here does not do war well. War needs to be swift, specific and deadly. War is ugly, brutal and destructive. Attempts to make it anything less, makes it worse. That is why it should seldom be used, but when used, USE IT. We don't have a problem with chemotherapy for cancer patients - we engage in war like bloodletters treating a fever.
I am not willing to take war off the table because our mammy-pammy way of using it.
I have not read lots of Kirk, maybe you will agree to read my take on his Principles of Conservatism....