War - Sanitisation & Maintenance of Illusions

ꕤ idea source observing state investment War Machine Sideshow of 'Humanitarian Relief' A Branch of Modern Warfare The Sanitisation of War | Maintenance of Illusions Investment (organisational, diplomatic and other fronts) and enormous expenditure of this kind (compared to economic punishment of the vulnerable and disempowered on the domestic front) indicates to me that the 'humanitarian' face of the state is merely for the sake of maintaining the illusion that the state acts for 'humanitarian reasons', that the state (representing interests of private enterprise & private profits) must expend on military and so on, because of 'external factors' (rather than state-directed factors in the service of private profits:  ie pillaging foreign resources); and, also, that the state acts to maintain these illusions so that the lower classes believe they must accept burdens placed on them. The war machine's 'humanitarian relief' sideshow is a part of modern warfare:  it is both the ambassador of war and it is a shield of the privileged and powerful; it distracts, it diverts attention, it is sleight of hand, it provides a pretext, it provides ample material for propaganda and for self-congratulation.  All the whitewashed surface 'goodness' of this branch of warfare blinds witnesses to the silent evil that is just beyond sight, even as the damage of foreign policy, war, and the modern sanitisation of war, spreads to domestic populations, taxing the already vulnerable and the economically disadvantaged -- and even as damage extends to societal and cultural consequences:  for which there is no remedy. The 'humanitarian relief' branch of warfare perhaps also allays the guilt of the weaker among the ranks of those in the business of war, who otherwise may not have the stomach solely for direct forms of war, and would otherwise defect in some way. It also may give neighbouring or general onlookers a reason not to engage or oppose:  it perhaps disarms those that otherwise might have cause to become embittered or present opposition. But those are secondary considerations.  The primary purpose of the 'humanitarian relief' branch of warfare is the sanitisation of warfare and the maintenance of illusions that the: (a)  warring empire is benign; (b)  empire's wars are good; (c)  empire is merciful; (d)  empire grants relief; (e)  empire represents rebirth from the ashes. The  'humanitarian relief' branch of the empire's war machine is the new, secular, 'Christ' and its followers are missionaries of sanitised warfare. ---------------------- ꕤ ---------------------- Above is just a developing idea that arose from an earlier post. ꕤ