The quote I chose was "the essential act of war is destruction, not necessarily of human lives, but of the products of human labor. War is a way of shattering to pieces, or pouring into the stratosphere, or sinking in the depths of the sea, materials which might otherwise make the masses too comfortable and hence, in the long run, too intelligent. Even when weapons of war are not actually destroyed, their manufacture is still a convenient way of expending labor power without producing anything that can be consumed.
This quote is important because it explains the slogan "war is peace." The war is really for power because all three super continents know they will never win because they are so evenly matched. The war is just a way to get rid of excess products and labor work. This way the people don't get "too comfortable" which prevents them from becoming more intelligent. The party fears intelligence because there whole government is based off of keeping the people ignorant. If the people become intelligent about what is really going on in there government and realize that the masses could easily overthrow big brother then the people would revolt. Intelligence is a threat to their society.
This relates to the war in Iraq. The US originally intervened because the said they were searching for "weapons of mass destruction." No such weapons were found, but our troops are still in Iraq. Now they are saying that they are there to try to fix the government. I think the US government is trying to keep us ignorant about the situation in Iraq so we don't try to stop what they are doing there.
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