War is just one more big government program.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
War expands government powers. The trouble is that, when the war goes away, the government powers do not.
That is the best Government, which best provides for war.
War is not a thing one wants.
War is the continuation of politics by other means.
War involves in its progress such a train of unforeseen circumstances that no human wisdom can calculate the end; it has but one thing certain, and that is to increase taxes.
It's not just the war itself. It's what you do after the war and what structure you put in place and how you make that structure work.
War is in the eyes.
War is, in fact, an extension of politics, and in any war, military operations have to be conducted in such a way that they contribute to sustainable political outcomes consistent with vital interests that are at stake in that war.
So war is an extremely sad business, because the majority of people don't want to be in it.
Government is waging war against the people.