Dictatorships start wars because they need external enemies to exert internal control over their own people.
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Dictators must have enemies. They must have internal enemies to justify their secret police and external enemies to justify their military forces.
Governments go to war directly or by proxy without declaring war. Force, or threat of force, are constantly used to dominate other countries.
Military dictatorship, you can focus on it, you can fight it directly. It's a band of power-driven people.
To understand why dictators have a problem with making peace - or at least a genuine peace - the link between the nature of a regime and its external behavior must be understood.
We know that dictators are quick to choose aggression, while free nations strive to resolve differences in peace.
The military don't start wars. Politicians start wars.
Wars and conflicts are not inevitable. They are caused by human beings.
History teaches that war begins when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap.
Once you start a war, you have to win.
The principal cause of war is war itself.
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