Anti- Anti-War

It's official.

I will stop using the phrase anti-war.

So, what's wrong with being/saying/using anti-war? Isn't that a good thing?

The phrase Anti-war says nothing and means even less. It is, however, catchy, less a mouthful than Anti-militarism and will give you 7 more spaces on Twitter . Being Anti-war induces one to be against the thing (war) and not the factors that are its root cause. Once the thing (war) is over we are lulled into a sense of accomplishment that we have eliminated it.

War is a racket. Eliminate the racket and the war will follow.