Dear Raedwulf: I never met a soldier that did not say they were not reluctant to fight. Lot of good it does the rotting corpse. As to governments telling the truth... read the book "The first Causualty" which focuses on the charge of the light brigade. From the writers of the bible to the little fellow in the white house, governments always lie. I would not honnor my degree in history and poly sci to say otherwise, it is just one of those sad sad facts. How can you look at the work of the CIA and MI 6 and say with a straight face that governments tell the truth, sorry, if it offends you well, the truth hurts, maybe that is why governments lie, but I doubt it, their lies hurt more than the truth.
Larry