Of all JK's lies, this one is the most disturbing: "The President Is Not Asking You To Go To War"

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42. "war is war"

that is just tautological nonsense.

Compare "an act of war" to an actual war.

act of war - assassination of archduke Franz Ferdinand, one dead prince

actual war - World war 1 - Germany, Austria, Turkey vs. France, England, Russia. Germany - 2.4 million dead, France - 1.6 million dead Austira - 1.5 million dead, Russia - 3.3 million dead, Turkey - 2.9 million dead, England - 1 million dead

act of war - Sinking of the Lusitania, 1,195 dead

actual war - 117,000 Americans dead in WWI

act of war - bombing of Pearl Harbor, 2,402 dead

actual war - WWII - 2.6 million Japanese dead, 415,000 Americans dead

An "act of war" may or may not be used as an excuse to goto war - for examples - bombing of the USS Cole, attack on marines in Beruit, hostages taken in Iran

Nope, not all wars are created equal. There's death and destruction and then there is DEATH and DESTRUCTION on a truly massive scale.

Was the Iraq no-fly zone the same as the invasion of Iraq - both being wars or acts of war?

"In the aftermath of Operation Desert Fox in December 1998, Iraq announced it would no longer respect the no-fly zones and resumed its efforts in shooting down Allied aircraft. Saddam Hussein offered a $14,000 reward to anyone who could accomplish this task, but no manned aircraft were ever shot down by Iraq. Air strikes by British and American aircraft against Iraqi claimed anti-aircraft and military targets continued weekly over the next few years."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraqi_no-fly_zones

"weekly air strikes" and yet without hundreds of thousands of casualties and millions of refugees.