"Ask the Man Who Owns One".

[HundertzehnGustav]

Originally Posted by the_tyrant

And political leaders, please, just come out, be honest, and say, I am sending my army out to beat up my opposition.

That would be awesome!

but then nobody would play that frickking game, and the western populace would say:
Well, Mister president, if you have a problem with that other president/king/sheik/..., just get into your air force one (or france one or italia one or...) and land in that other guy's hometown, ring his bell and beak the other guy's goddamned nose.

Same on the other side:
Mister tribal leader, just drag your ass to the ambassy of your favorite enemy (no air force one in afghanistan), smash the door and let the ambassador have it by your fists.

The background of the message being:
Your personal quarrels are none of our business, we just want to live our lives.

If they were honest, people would not play the game, would they.
And the Job, the Goal of being king or president is not to smash in doors with a Humvee or point a kalashnikov at anyone.
The Goal of being King is: to find a way to manipulate the masses and amass the power to send them to death like the lemmings.

and then retire and feel all glorious about it. sip brandy, play famous and sell books and get blowjobs.

Honesty, dead direct simple honesty.
That would be the most hilarious thing in my lifetime.
would certainly change the entire system.