The great armies, accumulated to provide security and preserve the peace, carried the nations to war by their own weight.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
By fighting a limited, defensive war, America permitted the enemy to endlessly re-supply their field armies.
War is usually fought over diminishing resources, particulary those that we perceive to be extremely valuable.
Those nations have a very great responsibility at this juncture of the world's affairs, for by throwing their joint weight into the scales of history on the right side, they may tip the balance decisively in favour of peace.
Out of war nations acquire additional territory, if they are victorious. They just take it. This newly acquired territory promptly is exploited by the few - the selfsame few who wrung dollars out of blood in the war. The general public shoulders the bill.
None but an armed nation can dispense with a standing army. To keep ours armed and disciplined is therefore at all times important.
Lightly armed nations can move toward war just as easily as those which are armed to the teeth, and they will do so if the usual causes of war are not removed.
Nations, not least America, retain full command of their national forces.
A war for a great principle ennobles a nation.
In every war, there's looting.
All governments in all wars have used all the means at their disposal to put their own motives, decisions and actions, and the actions of their military forces, in the best possible light.
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