Miss Lonelyhearts, 9.22.12

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 It's the weekend -- hit us with your best shot.

We'll push off:

Do we know who we are and what we stand for as a nation?  Are we correct to stand as the world's policeman, or to try training up police in lawless lands?

Do our democratic ideals have any relevance beyond our borders?  Are we responsible for democratizing the world?  Are we the ultimate arbiters of what defines democracy?

Are we war addicts?  Are we God's children or are we humanists? Can it be both?

Talk amongst yourselves.

Advice for the War Torn and Lovelorn, 9.15.12

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Ranger's advice column is back and open for your general queries, insights, theories and griping.

What's on your mind?

Out on the OP - LP

Bewildered, Bewildered...
You have no complaint
You are what your are
and you ain't what you ain't
--Dear Abby, John Prine
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Faithful reader Underground Carpenter suggested RangerAgainstWar might be an occasional advice site, and we liked that. We will call it, "Out on the OP - LP: Advice for the War Torn and Lovelorn©" -- that's "Outpost - Listening Post" for you civilians.

Since the NPR Car Talk guys are retiring this fall after 25 years on the air, we figured we would do our small part to open a forum for the nuts and bolts of life. Ranger will attend to the militaria, we will both try our hand at political queries, and Lisa will take a stab at everything else. We will do so with varying degrees of qualification, but always good spirit. We will also enlist the expertise of our readers.

This will probably be a regular weekend feature, so feel free to gather your thoughts together and use "Out on the OP - LP" as the milblog version of Dear Abby.