Message from @Stefan Payne

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2019-01-07 14:50:43 UTC  

well yeah, lying is just human nature unfortunately

2019-01-07 14:52:19 UTC  

there are not many wars in which the nations involved did not get involved because of lies to their populations

2019-01-07 14:52:39 UTC  

the public, generally, HATES war. without their support, you are not likely to win

2019-01-07 14:52:46 UTC  

well that should go without saying..

2019-01-07 14:53:09 UTC  

and, you need the enemy to think you are doing something you are not

2019-01-07 14:53:13 UTC  

people are want to hear things that make them happy, more than they want the truth

2019-01-07 14:53:37 UTC  

its not what people want to hear, its what will make them fearful

2019-01-07 14:53:55 UTC  

happy people don't want war.

2019-01-07 14:54:06 UTC  

fearful people want someone to make the big bad monster go away

2019-01-07 14:54:17 UTC  

they will put themselves in cages to do it

2019-01-07 14:54:20 UTC  

and that's why they are so desperate for anything that is spun to their warped worldview

2019-01-07 14:54:50 UTC  

look how many want war in syria now that trump is pulling out. they are totally out of it

2019-01-07 14:55:08 UTC  

humans are not rational, it's not about good or bad. just how it is

2019-01-07 14:55:17 UTC  

fear: "they will all be genocided!"

2019-01-07 14:55:46 UTC  

you gotta spin in the positive too for full effect, you want them hungry after the sample 😉

2019-01-07 14:56:26 UTC  

as a socialist, i prefer them hungry for food

2019-01-07 19:42:22 UTC  

Aoc didnt win anything

2019-01-07 19:43:33 UTC  

She got like .005% of her district to vote for her in a primary and since democrats are lemmings on welfare paid to vote she won

2019-01-07 19:51:32 UTC  

And the media loves her...

2019-01-07 19:51:43 UTC  

...for now

2019-01-07 19:51:46 UTC  

The media loved hillary

2019-01-07 19:51:58 UTC  

Glad shes in the whitehouse

2019-01-07 19:52:03 UTC  

Oh wait....

2019-01-07 19:53:00 UTC  

hehe, yeah ^^

2019-01-07 19:54:42 UTC  

The right memed her too

2019-01-07 19:55:18 UTC  

I think time just wants people to stop meming her cuz she shows where left leaning ideas end up

2019-01-08 02:05:09 UTC  

this or our current national anthem

2019-01-08 07:17:55 UTC  

@Unwound How many want war in Syria at the moment?

2019-01-08 09:24:03 UTC  

66'

2019-01-08 10:43:27 UTC  

No one wants war. But now that we created this mess, a vacuum looks even worse than some variation on the current measured course.

2019-01-08 10:44:19 UTC  

We should never have invaded Iraq in 2003.

2019-01-08 10:44:34 UTC  

But we did.

2019-01-08 11:12:10 UTC  

That is not true.
There are some people that want war.

2019-01-08 11:12:15 UTC  

John McCain was one of them.

2019-01-08 11:12:22 UTC  

Ben Shapiro is another one of those

2019-01-08 11:22:39 UTC  

Good point. The reason we're in this mess is because a bipartisan, multinational coalition wanted it in 2003. :-/

2019-01-08 11:26:24 UTC  

Let me rephrase what I meant to say. No one *here* that has made their opinions known wants war.

2019-01-08 13:17:37 UTC  

I feel a mixture of things on this, but ultimately I lean towards no. Errantry wars in the rest of the world DO keep the military sharp... but if nothing else, we have to much to handle at home ATM.

2019-01-08 17:48:09 UTC  

War is bad, it gets people killed, costs astronomical sums of money, and usually makes things far worse before they get better, but it should always be on the table and should only be used when all other diplomatic options have been exhausted