Anyone good at riddles can help me

How do the authors differ in the way they present the war in "facing it" and "ambush"?

[v]ast numbers of our people are compelled to seek their livelihood by begging, robbing, stealing, cheating, flattering, suborning, forswearing, forging . . which satirical element is most dominant in the passage above?

What is the main idea of this paragraph from the volcanoes section of the ready.gov website