Politicians who took us to war should have been given the guns and told to settle their differences themselves, instead of organising nothing better than legalised mass murder.

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When politicians take us to war, it is usually for a noble reason. The wars waged in the name of national defense are not always wars that are morally justified. In the cases where a war is justified, it should be settled through political means instead of surrendering our rights and freedoms to a government that will use these powers to enforce their own dictatorship.

Source: The Last Fighting Tommy: The Life Of Harry Patch, The Oldest Surviving Veteran Of The Trenches

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1. Politicians who took us to war should have been given the guns and told to settle their differences themselves, instead of organising nothing better than legalised mass murder.

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