All warfare is based on deception.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
All confrontation is based on deception.
Every war results from the struggle for markets and spheres of influence, and every war is sold to the public by professional liars and totally sincere religious maniacs, as a Holy Crusade to save God and Goodness from Satan and Evil.
This is the absolute truth: and on this truth our tactics must be based. All tactics that are not based on this are false, and lead the proletariat to terrible defeat.
Deception is everywhere.
Nevertheless, the mode, the justification, and all the games involved in this war were dishonest.
All the war-propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred, comes invariably from people who are not fighting.
The battle against terrorism is not only a military fight but primarily a battle of information.
Warfare is an utterly stupid method of settling differences of interest between different nations.
It's often been observed that the first casualty of war is the truth. But that's a lie, too, in its way. The reality is that, for most wars to begin, the truth has to have been sacrificed a long time in advance.
There is such a thing as legitimate warfare: war has its laws; there are things which may fairly be done, and things which may not be done.