Other Conversations Not Taking Place

Recently, Robert Farley complained about the dearth of "progressive" theories and theorists of issues military. This contra-factual claim led me to this guy, which led me to this post from this post, which contains these pictures of a green and pleasant land:

made barren and peaceful:

by the neo-Liberal consensus, and from the last post which makes the point that a "progressive" doctrine of all things military is, much like a progressive doctrine of all things, civil, social, and economic are, to insist that we stop killing folks for no good reason and think about people as something 

more than material goods maximizing automatons. If we destroy their homes and then rebuild one with, say, with more room and running water, then not only should be grateful (the imperialist mindset), but will be grateful (the COIN mindset). If we occupy their country and destroy their local institutions, but somehow marginally raise their standard of living, they will thank us for it. It is both a morally bankrupt approach and delusional.[1]

Which is all another way of saying, to those centrist neo-Liberals adamant in their refusal to speak the hippies to their left, you're doing it wrong.

[1] By the way, want to know what a COIN success story looks like? Well, the second picture but in more details see here (subscription needed).  Shorter: kill everybody and use the army to sit on the few that you might have missed. Happy New Year.