Even a communist like Eugene Debs can come up with a pearl now and then. This is true -- NO WAR has ever been voted in by the people. Ever. And almost every war has required an act of outrage before the people would get riled up enough to want it, which is why the Socialist Roosevelt allowed Pearl Harbor to happen. "They" NEED catastrophic events in order to get the wars they want, and if the enemy won't provide them, then sometimes we help them.