In this sense the shield or
defensive weapon is like a mask or disguise to cloak the warrior’s true
identity and purpose so that they can move about in our midst and deceive us
with trickery.
The wolf dresses as a sheep to
gain our confidence.
War dresses itself up as peace in
order to deceive the public. If
people were told the true economic reasons for war we would never support
them.
Promoting war requires confidence
men, con men, hucksters,
flim flam artists.
It is a shell game
