Wars Are Not Prolonged for the Good of Soldiers

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David Swanson


David Swanson is a longtime peace and justice activist and author of 'War Is a Lie'



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By David Swanson


An excerpt from David Swanson's new book War Is A Lie.


We learn a lot about the real motives for wars when whistleblowers leak the minutes of secret meetings, or when congressional committees publish the records of hearings decades later. War planners write books. They make movies. They face investigations. Eventually the beans tend to get spilled. But I have never ever, not even once, heard of a private meeting in which top war makers discussed the need to keep a war going in order to benefit the soldiers fighting in it.


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Published on December 01, 2010 19:38
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