"Why of course the people don't want war. Why should some poor slob on a farm want to risk his life in a war when the best he can get out of it is to come back to his farm in one piece? Naturally the common people don't want war neither in Russia, nor in England, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood. But, after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country." - Hermann Goering
“If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth is the greatest enemy of the State.” - attributed (disputedly) to Joseph Goebbels
There is no greater threat to 'national security', than truth and openness. Therefore it follows that all 'national security' is based on lies, and thus the fox is guarding the henhouse, so to speak. This is a fact that people who have succumbed to the militarist fetish fail to see.
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'Classified' refers to knowledge of the Index : that materials shall not be listed for public access. That a library shall not be known to the public and access denied is the most basic of secret protections for liars and scoundrels.
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