"A lot of delusional, unpatriotic democracy haters like to argue that
   the US military doesnât actually defend the freedom of the American
   people, and that it isnât really used to defend freedom at all, and
   that it isnât even really used to defend any rules-based international
   order as sometimes claimed, and that even to use the word âdefendâ to
   describe anything the US military does is inaccurate since it is
   consistently on the attacking and aggressing side of any given
   conflict, and that actually the US military functions as nothing other
   than a blunt object wielded by the rich and powerful for the
   advancement of plutocratic interests and the geostrategic dominance of
   opaque and unaccountable government agencies, and that it can in fact
   be accurately said that the only difference between the US military and
   any other band of armed thugs is fundingâ¦
   I forget where I was going with this.
   Ah, yes. Defending your freedoms.
   If sending a platoon of Paul Blarts to act as mall security for foreign
   oil corporations isnât enough to get you saluting every American flag
   flying over every McDonaldâs you see, then you should know that the US
   militaryâs freedom fighting doesnât end at mere corporate asset
   protection.
   Theyâre also defending your freedom by killing Afghan farmers in their
   sleep.
   Why did the armed forces of the United States kill dozens of civilian
   farmers in Afghanistan while they rested in the field after a hard
   dayâs work? Thatâs a good question. But an even better question is,
   what were those Afghan farmers doing lying on top of your freedom?
   Obviously the compassionate US military would never dream of killing
   non-combatants under any circumstances whatsoever, but the unfortunate
   fact of the matter is that you canât make an omelet without cracking a
   few civilians."
   More:
   [1]https://medium.com/@caityjohnstone/us-defends-your-freedom-by-using-
   troops-as-saudi-oil-security-guards-e5db36fa1dde
   Rr
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References

   1. https://medium.com/@caityjohnstone/us-defends-your-freedom-by-using-troops-as-saudi-oil-security-guards-e5db36fa1dde