Governments predicate the call for war upon very terrible lies: that it will restrain evil men, make honest and courageous men out of boys, and the outcome depends upon the moral virtuousness of the combatants. Warfare is obscene, an evil waste of life, and a destroyer of civilization. Society can salvage no virtue or rectitude from the larger waste of destroying cities and killing people. There is no moral message deduced from warfare. All warfare is barbaric and inhuman.Kilroy J. Oldster
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Although the quote above asks a question, it does not answer it. It asks a question that can be answered by looking at the world as a whole. When people have been killing each other for centuries now, what does morality have to do with war? Is war always an evil thing? Sometimes, yes, but sometimes it is not. In many cases it is used as a means of transferring power from one person or group of people to another.
And, that is exactly why governments have started going to war. For example, there was a case during the reign of King George III in England where a group of men were imprisoning others and taking over their properties. At this point in time, the king is given the power to disband this group and take control of their land and properties once again.
The king does not like this idea at all, but he knows that if he does not fight this group then they will grow into an even larger group that will eventually start doing the same thing to him. This is the exact reason that war has started up again.
Source: Dead Toad Scrolls
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