I certainly hope that vast majority understand what's going on. Abstraction or not. Although, you are right in that I don't think the average person will care, until the thought of the draft becomes a reality. Of course, by then it could be too late. As we will probably be involved in a worldwide fight with Muslims.

>>>However, let's also not forget the impact of Iran's involvement - certainly their actions against U.S. soldiers is a "Casus Belli"
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>>And what would you think the US would do if Iran occupied Mexico after a brief war based on false intelligence that Mexico is building chemical weapons to be used (probably) against Iran ?
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>Are you expecting the participants on this end of the political spectrum to recognize an abstraction? It's contrary to the common way of thinking here. You shouldn't be surprised that it's now all about Mexico. If you want it to be understood, you need a truly neutral example.
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>It would be interesting to see how can anything neutral be built around starting a war ;).