doctrinal system, n.All

The Doctrinal system (n.) never ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠misses a beat: when one pretext for war collapses, it concocts another that soon hardens into dogma.

Doctrinal system (n.) can ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠turn any set of facts into proof of its thesis — even twenty-five years of backing a massacre into evidence of a noble phase.