He doesn't believe he's starting it. (At least that's what it looks like from here, peeking between my fingers. I admit I can't bear to watch very closely.) Too many people in positions of power seem to buy into their own propaganda about being helpless victims acting in self-defense. According to that model, the more "they" attack us, the more we are justified taking extraordinary measures against "them" to defend ourselves.
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