Governments around the world regularly decide to pick a fight with each other and send their young men and women off to war. But there's usually one major obstacle to commencing battle and that's you, the public. There are some tried and tested tactics for convincing the majority that war is a really great idea and this is our spotter's guide to five of the most commonly used ones. Suggest some more in the comments and let us know what you think about our list. StoneOcean's music: www.stoneocean.info StoneOcean's channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/RatedmusicOfficial A few links and notes on this video: The examples we used are mainly from the US and Britain. This is not intended to be an anti-US or anti-UK video, they are just the examples we know best. It would be misguided to assume that this is an exclusively western issue - it is something governments around the world and of all political persuasions will do. Here's John McCain getting his figures wrong... several times: http://www.nbcnews.com/video/meet-the-press/53015297#53015297 The figures we used for the deaths in Syria are from the pro-opposition Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which make McCain's claims even more startling: http://syriahr.com/en/ or their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/syriaohr The Iraq War Inquiry (The Chilcot Inquiry): http://www.iraqinquiry.org.uk/ The Project for the New American Century website has been suspended. Fortunately, you can't remove things from the Internet, here's their report: http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/pdf/RebuildingAmericasDefenses.pdf We wouldn't normally suggest you visit the NSA website, other than to troll them, but here's some info on the Gulf of Tonkin incident: http://www.nsa.gov/public_info/declass/gulf_of_tonkin/index.shtml Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/TRUsub Why you should subscribe to Truthloader: http://bit.ly/1aGJD0a More videos from Truthloader: Syria is starving: http://bit.ly/1bV4tdD What is Israel's Magic Wand?: http://bit.ly/1emh4a4 Where is the most polluted place on Earth?: http://bit.ly/1g21m4d Police officer brutally beaten up in New York: http://bit.ly/18tzhRO Occupy abolish $15m debt in the US: http://bit.ly/I4mYB1 Afghan army torture prisoner as US forces look on: http://bit.ly/HCBcJg Private prisons: How US corporations make money out of locking you up: http://bit.ly/HKLbNb Anonymous Million Mask London 2013: http://bit.ly/16DVDPh Is China taking over the world?: http://bit.ly/HwHcmv Saudi whips and beats victim for looking at his wife: http://bit.ly/1aLlSET The NSA has collected your address book: http://bit.ly/1cswbRD Abductions and executions: Counterterrorism under Obama: http://bit.ly/18G9zoK The war on drugs is a war on you (Part One): http://bit.ly/19pXcgC A race for what's left of the planet - The Arctic battleground: http://bit.ly/15hsbOy Check out our top 20 videos playlist: http://bit.ly/V55Vna Follow us on Facebook: http://facebook.com/truthloader Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/truthloader Join us on Google+: http://google.com/+truthloader Read our reddit: http://reddit.com/r/truthloader Truthloader is a channel dedicated to citizen journalism. We find the best examples of crowd-sourced video and independent content, then use our expertise to add context and analysis. We respond to the stories you're interested in, so if you've got a story you'd love us to get to the bottom of, tweet us, Facebook us, or respond to our videos with a comment - and perhaps check out our reddit.

• published: 07 Jan 2014
• views: 661