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A war of aggression can thus be "legitimized" and rationalized as "self defense" and peace-makers accused of being '''irresponsible, immoral and unpatriotic'''. | A war of aggression can thus be "legitimized" and rationalized as "self defense" and peace-makers accused of being '''irresponsible, immoral and unpatriotic'''. | ||
| − | For example, by the mid-1970s, then US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld began to argue that the Soviet government would be ignoring bilateral treaties and "secretly building up weapons with the ''intention'' of attacking" the United States. False intelligence has been deliberately produced to '''demonize''' the alleged opponent in nearly every war of aggression. | + | For example, by the mid-1970s, then US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld began to argue that the Soviet government would be ignoring bilateral treaties and "secretly building up weapons with the ''intention'' of attacking" the United States. False intelligence has been deliberately produced to '''[[demonize]]''' the alleged opponent in nearly every war of aggression. |
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As is common with preparation of and for disasters, the danger and evilness of the enemy is inflated, sometimes blown out of proportion in a near-paranoid fashion.
A war of aggression can thus be "legitimized" and rationalized as "self defense" and peace-makers accused of being irresponsible, immoral and unpatriotic.
For example, by the mid-1970s, then US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld began to argue that the Soviet government would be ignoring bilateral treaties and "secretly building up weapons with the intention of attacking" the United States. False intelligence has been deliberately produced to demonize the alleged opponent in nearly every war of aggression.
Examples
| Page name | Description |
|---|---|
| 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine/Preparation | A list of ways both sides prepared for the 2022 Russian Invasion of Ukraine. |
| China/Encirclement | USA and allies encirclement of China. |
| Russia/Encirclement | An effort driven by the United States to place military capability in countries neighboring Russia. |
| US-China trade war | Since 2018 the United States and China have been engaged in a trade war involving the mutual placement of tariffs. |
Related Quotation
| Page | Quote | Author | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russia/Encirclement | “We have made it clear that Nato’s move to the east is unacceptable (...) The United States is standing with missiles on our doorstep. Is it an excessive requirement not to install shock systems at our house? How would the Americans react if missiles were placed at the border with Canada or Mexico” | Vladimir Putin The Guardian | 2021 |
Related Document
| Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Document:Power and the Global Ruling Class | paper | 4 June 2014 | Bernd Hamm | In depth structural survey global power, who exercises it and how it is organised |
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