OK, what is the implication here? That a cabal of government officials would deliberately start a war under false pretenses, costing trillions of dollars and thousands of their own countrymen&#x27;s lives... for what? Profit? They could rake in far more by tacking a couple riders on popular bills.<p>It&#x27;s unwise to caricature your opponents as evil or stupid. Not only is it an impediment to understanding them, but it makes any sort of dialogue impossible.