Jesus’ Death Was Not a Sacrifice

I’ve been watching the Republican presidential debates with increasing
unease. Why am I uneasy? Because these people are going to get us killed.
It’s amazing how ignorant they are about security.

All we hear from these fools is, “Grow the military.” “More weapons.”
“Better weapons.” They want to let Russian and China and Iran know that we
can’t be messed with. Can you really be that stupid? Do you not realize that
the security model has changed? It’s not about giant armies anymore.

The reason we are in such grave danger now relative to 20 years ago is
very simple, and it’s NOT based on the size of our army or the quality of our weapons.

1. What kept us safe for all these years hasn’t been the robustness of our
   security, it’s been our LACK of numerous, well-funded enemies.

2. We’re currently MASSIVELY multiplying our threats while doing relatively
   nothing to defend against them. The later simply
   isn’t possible in an open society.

In other words, the ONLY way to increase our safety is to
stop creating people that want to hurt us.

Our current security strategy essentially boils down to going around the
neighborhood kicking in peoples’ doors, smashing the windows on their cars,
and spray-painting our name on their lawns. Then, to become “secure”, we run
home to our gun collections and shout through an open window with a
bullhorn:

This. Model. Won’t. Work. Here’s how the neighborhood responds:

There are simply too many ways to cause us harm. The only way to keep people
from doing so is to stop them from wanting to. The sooner
someone gets elected
that realizes this the better.: