(9 hours ago)quintessentone Wrote: Then again consensus can show the true feelings and desires of the majority. In this case, the majority are against Israel and the US in starting this war.
Agreed that consensus is entirely dependent on beliefs or feeling. That is not in dispute. I do, however, dispute the assertion that a "majority" has reached any such consensus on the matter. That has not been demonstrated within the sphere of my own reach, and I have no reason to believe it has been reached beyond that sphere, either.
I would also dispute the assertion that "Israel and the US started this war". That's just not the view from down here in the trenches. It's possible that, if the propaganda machine works enough overtime, they may manufacture that view, but it's just not here yet.
BTW, I do appreciate the civil debate on these matters. They're important - too important to let emotion get in in the way of. :thumbsup:
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“Trouble rather the tiger in his lair than the sage among his books. For to you kingdoms and their armies are things mighty and enduring, but to him they are but toys of the moment, to be overturned with the flick of a finger.”
― Gordon R. Dickson, Tactics of Mistake
― Gordon R. Dickson, Tactics of Mistake