Does anyone else hate the Reagan motto "peace through strength"?

[PunkinPi]

To me it is backwards and completely unenlightened. It should be "strength through peace".

Just wondering what you guys think?

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

1. What they all really mean is peace through war, coersion and

intimidation but not for long.

[searchingforlight]

2. I agree.

eom

[ShaneGR]

3. Reagan was a damn liberal!!!!

Compared the Bushites. Seriously, if Bush had been President in 1980 we would have had nuclear war!

[southernfried]

4. nice thought but n a world full of tyrants it doesn't work

and has never worked. Man is not a peaceful creature by nature and syrvival of the fittest will always be how things go.

[JitterbugPerfume]

10. This is a misapplication of the term

Survival of the fittest

Darwin simply meant "those best able to procreate" by the term.

[rusty charly]

5. hate it

sounds like "Work will set you free" or something from 1984

[NormanConquest]

6. More like "Ignorance is Strength" from 1984

nt

[Elidor]

7. Work Brings Freedom - Arbeit Macht Frei

Was actually the sign over the entrance to Auschwitz. But yes, Reagan's slogan sounds very similar.

[acerbic]

8. Indeedy

"Kraft durch Freude", "Arbeit Macht Frei", "Peace Through Strength", same rhythm and sound...

[fshrink]

9. It's a text-book

manipulation. You pick words that individually have a consensual meaning and combine them in a way that serves your purpose. The result, for the 95% poorly educated and deprived of any critical thinking ability is agreement. Even the reverse, as you mention, is communicated in this way. This is made on purpose by disinformation specialists. It is fodder engineered for the masses.