A neglected debate.

I've spoken of the failure to defend the borders and to recognize appropriate boundaries as pathetically neurotic. It's a political failure of the first order and a gross betrayal of our ancestors.

J.R. Nyquist has this explanation for this political failure:

What we find, however, is general disinterest in such questions [national survival, geography, history, and international and military affairs] as well as ignorance. Curiously, the country as a whole is caught up with political questions touching on “life styles” and consumption. . . .

In discussing issues ranging from “women in combat” to homosexual marriage and abortion, the perspective of grand strategy is forgotten. How does feminism, for example, affect long term-prospects for national survival? Would amnesty for millions of illegal aliens facilitate national cohesion or encourage balkanization and national disintegration? Is trade with China effectively arming a future enemy as it erodes domestic industries and capabilities? We find in these questions a neglected debate, having more to do with our grandchildren’s prospects than our immediate convenience. It is a debate we don’t care to have. . . . We have forgotten the primacy of national survival. We use the state to satisfy our wants when our wants are the responsibility of the individual. . . . [N]ational defense and the military are decried as instruments of imperialism.

"Political Philosophy 101." By J.R. Nyquist, Financial Sense Online, 11/30/07.