cross-posted from: https://jlai.lu/post/38584205

[blue, looking quite sad, is sitting in a warzone, in military gear]
War…
War is hell…

[blue is now suffering from PTSD, holding their head in anguish]
War is horrible. I was a soldier. It was by far the most horrifying, most traumatizing part of my life

[green, curious, asks blue a question]
Well then maybe we should stop getting involved in wars?

[blue, furious with rage, aggressively pointing at green]
SHUT UP YOU ANTIPATRIOTIC WOKELING YOU ARE TRYING TO RUIN SOCIETY

https://thebad.website/comic/misery_loves_company

AFAIK many USAian veterans aren't all that gung-ho on getting into new wars.

Yeah, I saw this comic somewhere else and all I could think was, "seems like a bit of a strawman".

It's always the rich folks that never get sent to the front calling for blood.

Why of course the people don't want war. Why should some poor slob on a farm want to risk his life in a war when the best he can get out of it is to come back to his farm in one piece? Naturally the common people don't want war neither in Russia, nor in England, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood. 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 tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.

Pretty much none of them are in my experience. I grew up around the military, and noone wants new wars