Dying for Freedom: the Unending Saga

American soldiers, allied with Stalinist Russian soldiers, died fighting German Nazis in World War II. They died for freedom.

American soldiers may soon find themselves allied with Ukrainians Nazis and dying at the hands of semi-capitalistic Russian soldiers. Will we say these American soldiers also died for freedom?

Immutable Rights

If A assaults B, B has a natural tendency to defend himself. He does so without asking whether he may defend himself. This is posited as evidence B has a "Natural Right" to self-defense.

Nevertheless, A assaulted B without asking whether he had a right to assault him. A may well have concocted some self-serving pretext (e.g., pre-emptive strike) for his assault. Does A have a "Natural Right" to assault B?

N.B., when it comes to foreign policy, the Randroids think so. At least they do when A is a civilized nation like the U.S. (!) defending (!!) itself via wholesale civilian slaughter (!!!) of barbarians like Iraqis and Afghanis (among others).

Israelis Bomb Catholic Church

Hell-Bound Whore of Babylon! They had it coming!

Because, you know, . . .

CONSTANTINE! NICEA! ARIANISM! CHARLEMAGNE! CRUSADES! INNOCENT III! INQUISITION! COLUMBUS! THIRTY YEARS WAR! GALILEO! HAPSBURG! GOLD-FILLED COFFERS! PIUS XII! HITLER! HOLOCAUST! HEARTBREAK OF PSORIASIS!

One cannot victimize the Eternal Victimizer. One can only deliver comeuppance.