Friday, June 20, 2014
One of the Most Devastating Anti-War Summation in All of Human History
"War is sometimes called the the final arbiter of disputes among nations, even though it creates uncivilized chaos and butchery unrestrained by law. No one has ever suggested that applying the principles of military might - slaughter and devastation - actually means that justice has prevailed. What does prevail is the better army or navy, justice often by the bully. Lawful ideals and principles quickly fade from view as armies take to the field and clash. At that point the combatants start to manufacture reasons for the conflict. And when no good reason can be found, a bad one will do. Facts become distorted , history perverted, and the main reasons for almost all wars - territory, resources, and power - are usually masked over with some sort of moral or social objective." Historian and economist, Charles Adams, 2000.
Well, there is NOTHING therein I can find to disagree with.
ReplyDeleteI am willing to place a bet the guy is decidedly NOT a Tea Party advocate or neo con.
No argument here. It is sometimes problematic, given the concept of
ReplyDelete'defensive war' and the right of a nation to defend itself: some
consider that a prerogative to invade other countries..which can result in combat in far flung areas, a 'best defense is a good
offense' concept. Seldom works,
smacks of imperialism and the invaded country fights back, giving them
the opinion that they are the ones fighting the 'defensive war'.
Been going on for millennia and unfortunately 'causus belli' continues an ill-considered concept.