George Orwell on Military

“It is the same in all wars; the soldiers do the fighting, the 'journalists' do the shouting, and no 'true patriot' ever gets near a front-line trench, except on the briefest of propaganda-tours.”

“Every war, when it comes, or before it comes, is represented not as a war but as an act of self-defence against a homicidal maniac. The essential job is to get people to recognise war propaganda when they see it, especially when it is disguised as peace propaganda.”