(August 4, 2009 at 5:20 pm)Pippy Wrote: The essential difference is that nowadays war is for money and power, and lied about. Hitler really existed, Bin Laden and Hussein were presented as dangerous when they were not (to us). The main difference is the way war is fought, the 'why' war is fought. And in that difference, I see it as much easier to understand the wrongness of war by looking at the new ones. We could argue the old ones, but I am not as confidant of my ability to make it make sense. Although, I am everything you think of me, and then some.
War has ALWAYS been about money and power, the difference today is the nature of media ... not only do we get the images nearly immediately, we also get the propaganda nearly immediately and as anyone knows the first casualty of war is truth.
(August 4, 2009 at 5:20 pm)Pippy Wrote: Thank you yet again for being so charming and enlightening.
Thank you again for being such a [expletive deleted]
Kyu
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