Often, the pretexts for starting a war are not real shortages of land, food or fuel, but rather perceptions - like fear, honor and perceived self-interest.
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Going to war is a rare experience in American culture, so it's easy for simple notions to gain a lot of weight. The reality is always more complex.
Most wars are not fought over shortages of resources such as food and water, but rather over conquest, revenge, and ideology.
A self-respecting nation is ready for anything, including war, except for a renunciation of its option to make war.
War is not a thing one wants.
War implies a lack of comprehension of mutual national interests; it means the undermining and even the end of culture.
War is a fundamental aspect of human existence. It's good to know what war entails and what the human sacrifice is.
The professed war-weariness among populations who have sent only a small percentage of their sons and daughters to fight in recent wars may derive from a failure to communicate effectively what is at stake in those wars and explain why the efforts are worthy of the risks, resources, and sacrifices necessary to sustain the strategy.
Most people, when they meet me, one of the first things they say is, 'Why would you voluntarily subject yourself to war? Why would you go into these places where you know there's a risk of getting killed?'
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 usually fought over diminishing resources, particulary those that we perceive to be extremely valuable.
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