Lies are neither bad nor good. Like a fire they can either keep you warm or burn you to death, depending on how they're used.
Max BrooksAmerica is especially sensitive to war weariness, and nothing brings backlash like the perception of defeat. I say โperceptionโ because America is a very all-or-nothing societyโฆ We like to know, and for everyone else to know, that our victory wasnโt uncontested, it was positively devastating.
Max Brooks