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perhapes ... ... all I know is that from now on, I will blame any terrorist attack from the Baluchis in Iran on the US, and I will belive any evidence that the IRCG throws at me, no question asked. You know why Mr Pari, ... because I do not want to be a called a pacifist and do NOT want to be denounced for the lack patriotism and for exposing the fatherland to danger ...

"Of course the people don't want war ...but, after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy, and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament or a communist dictatorship ... voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is to tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and for exposing the country to danger."

Hermann Goring - 1946 - Nuremberg Trial

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If we contrast the rapid progress of this mischievous discovery of gunpowder with the slow and laborious advances of reason, science, and the arts of peace, a philosopher, according to his temper, will laugh or weep at the folly of mankind. - Edward Gibbon