"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary." ~ H.L. Mencken
Another Side Effect of Iraq War May Be Higher Homicide Rates
"Once there is war, government needs to recondition people to be willing to kill others and accept the killing of others, on a massive scale, and they begin handing out rewards. This message gets out into the general culture." And don't forget all that ?reconditioned? cannon-fodder. The survivors will definitely be having a hard time fitting peacefully back into the general culture, as well.
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