Oh, they work fine. In WWI the lies worked great. Somewhere around 41 million people agree. If JFK would have let Northwoods happen we might have has a nuclear war. 58,000 will vouch for Tonkin. All of Poland can vouch for efficacy of the SS false flag Operation Gleiwitz.
If the only standard for our government is “does it work”, that is the ethos of the sociopath. America was created to be something more and better.
I would ask you then, if you got a war based on an absolute lie, would you be offended if you saw large movements in the country opposing it? Refusing to be drafted? Refusing to pay for it? Or is it your position that if the liars can manipulate us into it with a trick, that all Americans should fall in line?
Just try the truth and open route to war. Hell, it hasn’t been tried for 75 years. It might be fun to try actual honesty and building your case just to see what happens!
The one thing I like most about Trump is that he isn’t a liar. Lets not make him one.
I agree with all your points in the abstract, but in the 2017 world, are you willing to let Kim develop an ICBM-deliverable nuc?
If not, how can we prevent it?