you misunderstand my anger. your assumption.. if not an assertion, that my thoughts are driven by a notion of ''the other side'' is misguided. totally. this is why i asked earlier for clarification of ''us'' in the OP's post. because it fundamentally affects the direction of the responses. in fact it is an inherent flaw in posing of the question, unless it is clarified/expanded upon.
Overread, listen, how old are you? from your avatar you look about 20-25 years young. my childhood was spent in an era where the retirees were the ''Pals'' of the 14-18 war, the barely middle-aged were veterans/victims of the 39-45 war and every waking minute, in the back of your mind was the theoretical possibility of a nuclear First Strike scenario, from the Warsaw Pact (this paranoia has subsequently been revealed to have been mutual). aside from growing-up in a community comprised of men maimed, blinded, gassed, psychologically damaged by war, i've read hundreds of studies on the socio-politico-economic causation of war, from every kind of international perspective and point-of-view. and i've seen more corrupt politicians stand at the cenotaph every year and shed crocodile tears than i care to recount. if you wish to dig-in on the moral high ground and educate me about the misguided nature of war, or it's military-industrial facilitation ..let's hear it.
