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[StephanieVanbryce]

Along with that ..there's this - 5 Million Iraqis Killed, Maimed, Tortured, Displaced—Think That Bothers War Boosters?

http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/5_million_iraqis_killed_maimed_tortured_displaced_20100623/?ln

[wall_rus]

The rationalization by Warhawks to kill millions in order to bring "freedom" to the rest is vacuously hollow. If bringing "freedom" to people was ever in their minds the slaughter in Rwanda would never have happened. The truth is they react like Pavlovian dog to the call of war. They are controlled by fear and undirected frustration which welcomes any opportunity provided by an Imperialistic state to lash out at any enemy so named by that state and in doing so, play into the larger agenda of actually relinquishing their freedom without ever firing a shot in its defense.

Beware the leader who bangs the drums of war in order to whip the citizenry into a patriotic fervor, for patriotism is indeed a double-edged sword. It both emboldens the blood, just as it narrows the mind. And when the drums of war have reached a fever pitch and the blood boils with hate and the mind has closed, the leader will have no need in seizing the rights of the citizenry. Rather, the citizenry, infused with fear and blinded by patriotism, will offer up all of their rights unto the leader and gladly so. How do I know? For this is what I have done. And I am Caesar. – Anonymous, circa ?