You're jumping at the least charitable interpretation of that comment. I'd suggest practicing the opposite: if someone seems to be saying something obviously extreme, stupid, etc... consider that your interpretation is what's wrong.
I'm going to try that with Trump's twitter feed.
That’s not a bad idea. I’ve found that this approach to the world (trying to think of reasons why something makes sense, instead of reasons it doesn’t) makes everything easier to understand and makes life more satisfying. And if you do come to the conclusion that someone is wrong and needs to be opposed, you’ll do a better job at it.
i actually suspect that a failure to do that is one (of many) reasons his political opponents are not remotely as effective as they ostensibly could be.
Both good points, but is the military always bad? They are a great resource as an incubator for tech and they are especially receptive to this industry.
> So we have to do whatever the army wants
using straw-men like this doesn't typically end well, so why use one?
No, the point is that a lot of good things come out of military spending.