Alexandra FullerYou can't rewind war. It spools on, and on, and on, looping and jumping, distorted and cracked with age, and the stories contract until only the nuggets of hatred remain and no one can even remember, or imagine, why the war was organized in the first place.
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In war, it’s never a good idea to rewind the war. It will only lead to more war. The people who started the war don’t want to hear about why they started it or what they were fighting for and may even want to stop fighting and start a new war. War is like a bad movie that goes on and on and on, directed by someone with no regard for the audience and with no respect for their needs.
Source: Scribbling The Cat
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