While the United States government is especially guilty of engaging in this sort of activity, the Texas State government wages wars on its own citizens on innumerable fronts.
The war on drugs, the war waged against citizens by the police, the war on the homeless, on the poor, on the disenfranchized, on people minorities, on sex workers and all workers, on the mentally ill have all proven to be disasterous and harmful.
We must remain vigilant in our compassion for our fellow human beings.