Daily Cupcake 'O Justice 54

Beware the leader who bangs the drums of war in order to whip the citizenry into patriotic fervor, for patriotism is indeed a double-edged sword.It both emboldens the blood, just as it narrows the mind...And when the drums of war have reached a fever pitch and the blood boils with hate and the mind has closed, the leader will have no need in seizing the rights of the citizenry. Rather, the citizenry, infused with fear and blinded with patriotism, will offer up all of their rights unto the leader, and gladly so.How do I know?For this is what I have done.And I am Caesar."

— William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar

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Bombing is a 'protective reaction,' precision bombing is 'surgical strikes,' concentration camps are 'pacification centers' or 'refugee camps.'...Bombs dropped outside the target area are 'incontinent ordnance,' and those dropped on a South Vietnam village are excused as 'friendly fire'; a bombed house becomes a 'military structure' and a lowly sampan sunk on the waterfront a 'waterborne logistic craft.'

— Henry Steele Commager, The Defeat of America