Some wars have been due to the lust of rulers for power and glory, or to revenge to wipe out the humiliation of a former defeat.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
These wars appear also to have given its death blow to colonialism and to imperialism in its colonial form, under which weaker peoples were treated as possessions to be economically exploited. At least we hope that such colonialism is on the way out.
This bloody past suggests to us that enemies cease hostilities only when they are battered enough to acknowledge that there is no hope in victory - and thus that further resistance means only useless sacrifice.
War is a series of catastrophes that results in a victory.
Most wars are not fought over shortages of resources such as food and water, but rather over conquest, revenge, and ideology.
Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men. It is the spirit of men who follow and of the man who leads that gains the victory.
War has always been the grand sagacity of every spirit which has grown too inward and too profound; its curative power lies even in the wounds one receives.
War is usually fought over diminishing resources, particulary those that we perceive to be extremely valuable.
Those wars are unjust which are undertaken without provocation. For only a war waged for revenge or defense can be just.
War is a series of catastrophes which result in victory.
There's no nobility with war. It's tear-'em-up destruction that leaves you frustrated, bitter and angry... If you really knew what it was like for an hour, you wouldn't want anyone to go through it.