Posted by
The Proud Liberal on Friday, October 05, 2007 6:01:23 PM
Remember, it's not the incompetent bureaucracy for which conservatives oppose big government. It's because of the nature of man. Conservatives argue that when men come into power virtually no one is strong enough not to use his power for personal gain, no one is strong enough not to abuse power. This is the core reason conservatives want smaller government, so that "bad men can do the least harm."
So, why do conservatives exclude the military? Why think that the defense department and the military won't abuse power? We have about $10 billion missing and defrauded in the Iraq war. We have the head of Blackwater making over $1 million in salary a year, not to mention perks. There's plenty of evidence that power is being abused in the defense department and military. So why not shrink them? Or do we think that the abuse of power is a reasonable trade off if the abusers are at the same time "protecting us from terrorists?"