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Any time humans make a gratuitously emotional pitch, they are trying to distract you or put one over on you.

I am waiting for that little twerp to adopt a puppy, and in a very public manner.

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The war is so PR intensive, the propaganda so over the top, precisely because the average frustrated citizen of the West has so little to gain from the war and therefore has to be constantly goaded to stay on-side. At the same time, the managers of the American Empire very much see this as a matter of existential concern for themselves and the furtherance of their Empire.

The history of WWI is most instructive, and the propaganda then was nearly as hysterical and all-pervasive (not to mention, much of it entirely false). After that war, Lord Ponsonby wrote down The Ten Commandments of War Propaganda.

Read carefully, for the propagandists and their cheerleaders illustrate every last one of them:

1. We don't want war, we are only defending ourselves!

2. Our adversary is solely responsible for this war!

3. Our adversary's leader is inherently evil and resembles the devil

4. We are defending a noble cause, not our particular interests!

5. The enemy is purposefully committing atrocities; if we are making mistakes this happens without intention

6. The enemy makes use of illegal weapons

7. We suffer few losses, the enemy's losses are considerable

8. Recognized intellectuals and artists support our cause

9. Our cause is sacred

10. Whoever casts doubt on our propaganda helps the enemy and is a traitor

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