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• 1 Eric Belsey // May 26, 2008 at 2:48 pm

  And my thoughts and prayers are with all those who have suffered ostracism, poverty, violence and worse for opposing the madness of war. It often takes more courage to oppose a popular war than to fight it. Hermann Goering said it well,”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.”

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