Democrats Are Now the Aggressive War Party ~ Consortiumnews.com

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18. John Poet and others, has the point of many posts,

like this one, become merely the expression of hostility rather than the issue used as a vehicle? This outrageously ridiculous thread made me think of that once again.

America does have a major war industry, so large that feeding it encourages us to engage in some wars we would not. We can agree on that to begin, surely?

The Republicans are the main party who created this situation and absolutely the ONLY party passionately committed to continuing and growing it. Some are for war because they own or work in war industries, but far more are for war because they are sure our enemies will destroy us if we don't destroy them first, bolstered for many by a religious belief that it is god's work. The more conservative, the more sure, to the point of paranoia in many very strong conservatives.

Conservatives have a darker view of human nature than liberals and they have higher anxiety levels and fear more; this is a huge part of what makes them conservative. Strong conservatives fear all the bad people who aren't like them out there so much that it drives their decision-making.

Did you know that millions of strong conservatives/Republicans have opposed every nuclear step-down and test-ban treaty America became part of, usually under Democratic leadership?