It was a routine day in the heat of southern Kuwait in 2004 during my first military deployment. I went into the Post Exchange on Camp Arifjan and found a clothes rack sporting war-themed apparel, among the basics like socks, laundry soap, greeting cards, and the like. One set of t-shirts stood out, printed with “Give war a chance” graphics. It seemed humorous at the time as a newly-minted soldier in the U.S. Army. But I have since come to recognize the moment as my first encounter with the death cult of modern American war hawks, who champion endless international fighting under the guise of moral righteousness. That memory returned in recent days through an encounter on Facebook, in which a classmate from my time at the U.S. Army’s Command and General Staff College questioned the wisdom of my hopes that the U.S. might be able to broker an end to Russia’s immoral…
The Cunning Barbarity of War Hawks for Ukraine – RedState
