Wars persist.
While historians both professional or pundit will step forth and say this one or that one was or wasn’t necessary, there always seems to be another one. Among the volumes written either way there is one topic they all agree on.
People die in them.
(WWI)
(WWII)
(Korea)
(Afghanistan)
(Iraq)
And for those who are wont to bang a drum and spout Hate and Intolerance….
Are you ready to step up, take your place and suffer this in your ‘glorious’ cause?
(German dead Stalingrad 1942)
Writing Despite Computers and Programmes 
When will we learn to live together…
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Maybe if every adult was made to see 15 minutes of children of all races crying in the ruins….?
I read a comment from an american soldier from WWII who was in a unit which recovered bodies, he said
‘Bodies have a funny smell. Y’know I think if everyone smelt that there’d be no more wars’…. One of the better comments on warfare.
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Yeah I have to agree with that guy… It’s tragic really. We all spend that effort bringing up our young for someone to mow down.
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Well said Simon.
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Damn, Roger … I was already in tears, and this song … this song … 😥
Why is it that humans think it is “okay” to kill one another for such stupid things as the colour of one’s skin, or the way one believes? When will we ever learn? Methinks never. Sigh. 🌻🌷🌼🌹🌸🌺
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It is one of the most heart wrenching songs about war and the observations are so acute.
As you will see from my reply to Simon I’ve said two pieces about war.
I could write a very long post about War, why it happens, how it happens, and maybe how at our current stage it seems unavoidable.
This I would challenge. All those leaders who are willing to send others off to war. Spend 48 hrs in the units where the wounded and dying are first brought in, on clean up duty.
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I am reminded of the old song by Peter, Paul & Mary … “Where Have All the Flowers Gone”, specifically one line … “When will we ever learn?” The answer seems to be “never”.
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We are flawed. Yes indeed.
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