"War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things: the decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth a war, is much worse. When a people are used as mere human instruments for firing cannon or thrusting bayonets, in the service and for the selfish purposes of a master, such war degrades a people. A war to protect other human beings against tyrannical injustice; a war to give victory to their own ideas of right and good, and which is their own war, carried on for an honest purpose by their free choice, — is often the means of their regeneration. A man who has nothing which he is willing to fight for, nothing which he cares more about than he does about his personal safety, is a miserable creature who has no chance of being free, unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself. As long as justice and injustice have not terminated their ever-renewing fight for ascendancy in the affairs of mankind, human beings must be willing, when need is, to do battle for the one against the other." - John Stuart Mill


"There is no right not to be offended; indeed, as part of offering free speech to all we must often endure the opinions and expressions of others that strike painfully at the very heart of our most deeply held beliefs. And we, conversely, may tell those people exactly what we think of that in words just as strong, but there is absolutely no place in a free society for any group or figure or institution to claim the privilege of being exempt from ridicule, criticism, or depiction, and particularly to claim it on pain of death." - Laura Hudson

I was going to say, this can't be the first Masters of War / Neocon mashup to come through the Sift. For what it's worth, this one has good footage, and these are exactly the types Mr. Dylan was talking about.

http://www.videosift.com/video/Bob-Dylan-Masters-of-War

Here's a few:

http://www.videosift.com/video/Jimi-Hendrix-Machine-Gun
http://www.videosift.com/video/Bob-Dylan-Masters-of-War
and of course: http://www.videosift.com/video/Give-Peace-a-Chance