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Entry: Militarism and Conservatism: Can this Marriage be Saved? Link: http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/militarism_and_conservatism_can_this_marriage_be_saved#18084 Post contents: 'Militarism' could be directed towards 'civil defense' and militias via the very strong hold on the imagination the 2nd Amendment maintains. Culturally speaking, it means a sharp criticism of, for example, the folks on those airplanes who 'hoped' it was just a 'hijacking', and a celebration of the warrior ethos of Todd Beamer et al. We are all part of the national militia when under attack. It is standing armies the American can and should criticize, at the same time, celebrate the education of an independent officer class through what otherwise should be, conservative institutions like VMI, the Citadel or Norwich. Another example, aesthetically speaking, might be conservative romanticism for the doomed Rhodesian Freedom Fighters or in the present. Decentralism is the proper American military tradition, and that includes a sharp criticism of Washington's Revolution Era 'standing armies' that not only were ineffective, but incurred such debt as to insure a strong central government in the aftermath of our founding war. Sent at: 2008 10 12