War expands government powers. The trouble is that, when the war goes away, the government powers do not.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Governments go to war directly or by proxy without declaring war. Force, or threat of force, are constantly used to dominate other countries.
War is the continuation of politics by other means.
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.
War is just one more big government program.
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.
When people don't understand that the government doesn't have their interests in mind, they're more susceptible to go to war.
War is not an independent phenomenon, but the continuation of politics by different means.
Government is waging war against the people.
War is not merely a political act but a real political instrument, a continuation of political intercourse, a carrying out of the same by other means.
The Constitution is clear, Article I, Section 8, power vetted in Congress to declare war. If you go back to the founding documents of this nation, the decision of going to war was to be made by people closest to the ground - the elected officials - to make those decisions.
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