Laurence: Don’t forget that the bombing and killing of Koreans was done in the name of a “police action”; American troops killed people in Kosovo — and other places — as “peacekeepers”; while other military action — e.g., current Libya — in the name of “humanitarianism.” The Strategic Air Command — which has unloaded millions of tons of bombs on other countries — tells the world that “Peace Is Our Profession.” Such corruption of language is engaged in to comfort Boobus — the collective dullard who actually loves war; relishes war — provided it’s called something else. In the lyrics of Tom Lehrer, such people “would rather kill them [foreigners] off by peaceful means.”

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