War is just a racket... I believe in adequate defense at the coastline and nothing else.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
War is just a racket. A racket is best described, I believe, as something that is not what it seems to the majority of people. Only a small inside group knows what it is about. It is conducted for the benefit of the very few at the expense of the masses.
Our foreign policy and our military policy is make sure that we fight on foreign shores and not shores here.
I think we look to the military as something that protects our shores.
The only defensible war is a war of defense.
The major deterrent to war is in a man's mind.
I don't think we should ever be at war. That's kind of naive, I suppose.
War is a racket. It is the only one international in scope. It is the only one in which the profits are reckoned in dollars and the losses in lives.
What I've learned, and will try to remember from now on, is that defending your country's credibility is never sufficient reason to fight a war.
There are only two cases in which war is just: first, in order to resist the aggression of an enemy, and second, in order to help an ally who has been attacked.
I think, unfortunately, we live in a world where people attack other people and I think a legitimate rationale for war is the saving of human life, the saving of lives of people who cannot defend themselves.