When they, the masters of war, look at us, the public, they see a two-edged sword.

 

They know they need us, but they also know that we are their biggest potential enemy.

 

So, their wars are always waged on two opposing, yet equally important, fronts.

A literal war of weapons and a metaphorical war of words.

They face an enemy in battle, as well as an enemy at home, and – as Pogo would say – “we is them.”

 

But if we are serious about withholding our consent for war, and stopping it in its tracks, we would have to give them a REAL NO, not just an empty political gesture.

Speaking of empty political gestures, let's get back to Canada's "NO to BMD".