5. Wars are easy to start and hard to stop

4. Wars are unpredictable

3. The rationale given for a war will change over time, such that actual success or failure in achieving a named objective is less relevant than one might think

2. Whatever they say, the people who start wars are often thinking chiefly about domestic politics

1. Many things reported with confidence in the first hours and days will turn out not to be true

Russia collusion

Says the man with the CHAINSAW dancing on stage as he destroys our democracy. Fuck Muskrat. Cry me a river.