Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site bmcg.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!ihnp4!zehntel!hplabs!sdcrdcf!sdcsvax!bmcg!bprice From: bprice@bmcg.UUCP Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: Re: Causes of war Message-ID: <1419@bmcg.UUCP> Date: Mon, 8-Oct-84 20:18:19 EDT Article-I.D.: bmcg.1419 Posted: Mon Oct 8 20:18:19 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 10-Oct-84 04:50:41 EDT References:<1394@bmcg.UUCP> Reply-To: bprice@bmcg.UUCP (Bill Price) Organization: Burroughs Corporation, San Diego Lines: 18 Summary: In article Marc W. Mengel writes: >Bill, > If you *study* history, you will find that these 'causes' of wars >you mention, (assasinations, raids, etc.) are merely populized excuses used >to drum up public support for the war effort, rather than actual causes. >In a situation where it is really not advantageous to the people in power to >start up a conflict, they don't. What *I* said was 'trigger', not 'cause'. When you note the difference between proximate cause and ultimate cause, you see that you just said the same thing that Lisa Chabot and I said--that Fritz's call for revenge is nothing but, to use your words, "[a] populized excuse[] to drum up public support for the war effort.." Mondale is the one who we see trying to drum up support for war--that's why those of us who prefer peace to war are supporting Reagan. -- --Bill Price uucp: {decvax!ucbvax philabs}!sdcsvax!bmcg!bprice arpa:? sdcsvax!bmcg!bprice@nosc