> dudalb: "Penultimate Amazing"
> Pacifism is a shifty doctrine under which a man accepts the benefits of the social group without being willing to pay - and claims a halo for his dishonesty.
I don't know who that Heinlein is and you don't seem to be one of those Internet bots (they aren't that good at elaborating thinly veiled threats), but they say "you are what you eat" and other people say (it is very hard to see if hopefully or hopelessly) that "one eats what one can".
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In the latest "freedom-loving" incursions in the middle east spearheaded by USG and the british, they managed to greatly surpass the genocidal ratio of Nazi Germany during WWII. ("warriors" and "patriots" should be able to handle 3rd grade Math) and that is not only a figure. When Nazis went about their "freedom-loving", they went -twice- head on against people that could and did defend themselves on an equal basis right in Europe (they don’t seem to have been bored enough to go to the other side of the globe to "white-man-burdeningly" mess with "negritos"). They didn't use the UN as platform to stage their "alliance of the willing" WMD lies and, after those pesky Russians stopped their offensive at great cost (like one fifth of their population), Nazis seized upon the chance to really test if "'God' was with them" as they were being run over all the way back to Berlin. To me this is having and putting to the test a belief. It was later that gringos were collectively brainwashed into believing that WWII was won through gringo and British spy games.
After "freedom-lovingly" collapsing another country/people because their dictator is not the kind that USG likes, I see Trump picking fights with Venezuela.
If you are so much into "honesty" you may have an explanation to the question: why do USG and the British have such a hard time finding Russia and/or China on a map? Why misusing their "worldsonlysuperpowerness", technological edge and "greatness" with Venezuela? Since "they won the cold war" by just "having Reagan stand tall to them" that should be easy, right? That would be some "penultimate amazing" "freedom-loving" experience they will most probably have. Why not going for it?
I totally disrespect those "wars are good for business" b#llsh!tting ideations, but this is not even my point. If they disagree with Pacifism, find it "dishonest", why not -truly- disagreeing with it by going against people who can defend themselves on an equal basis? and, hey!, lots of oil, strategic minerals, cheap labor and all kinds of ***** there in addition to "wining a 'hot' war" for once.