(Democratic) countries go to war depending largely on public support.
If they think the population is going to quickly turn on them then they hesitate to commit themselves.
As soon as this report was published I saw Reddit froth at the mouth to invoke Article 5 and call up Schwarzenegger and Rambo to teach the evil commie-nazis that this time they’ve crossed the line.
I wouldn’t be surprised if 50% of them will never even hear this story was retracted and someone got fired over it.
Reddit isn’t real life, but yes; there’s a large group of people who grew up experiencing war as an enjoyable clip show on CNN or as “Soldier returns home to puppy after 2 years in Iraq” on YouTube, who wouldn’t mind at all getting into yet another “war”.
If they think the population is going to quickly turn on them then they hesitate to commit themselves.
As soon as this report was published I saw Reddit froth at the mouth to invoke Article 5 and call up Schwarzenegger and Rambo to teach the evil commie-nazis that this time they’ve crossed the line.
I wouldn’t be surprised if 50% of them will never even hear this story was retracted and someone got fired over it.
Reddit isn’t real life, but yes; there’s a large group of people who grew up experiencing war as an enjoyable clip show on CNN or as “Soldier returns home to puppy after 2 years in Iraq” on YouTube, who wouldn’t mind at all getting into yet another “war”.