This isn't a war, " said the artilleryman. "It never was a war, any more than there's war between man and ants.

H.G. Wells
This isn't a war,
This isn't a war,
This isn't a war,
This isn't a war,
About This Quote

When the artilleryman said, “This isn’t a war,” he was alluding to the fact that there is no real difference between wars and other conflicts. When people think of war, they tend to think in terms of soldiers fighting on battlefields. But in truth, most wars are actually conflicts between civilian populations. When the artilleryman says, "it never was a war," he is not denying that there have been battles in which soldiers have died or even seen their families harmed. He is merely pointing out that the only thing that really distinguishes war from other conflicts is when civilians are harmed by military action.

Source: The War Of The Worlds

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