War today is such a more visible thing. We see it on television, on CNN. In 1914, war was a concept.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
War is an arena for the display of courage and virtue. Or war is politics by other means. War is a quasi-mystical experience where you get in touch with the real. There are millions of narratives we impose to try to make sense of war.
Going to war is a rare experience in American culture, so it's easy for simple notions to gain a lot of weight. The reality is always more complex.
War is the slaughter of human beings, temporarily regarded as enemies, on as large a scale as possible.
In every war zone that I've been in, there has been a reality and then there has been the public perception of why the war was being fought. In every crisis, the issues have been far more complex than the public has been allowed to know.
War is just a racket. A racket is best described, I believe, as something that is not what it seems to the majority of people. Only a small inside group knows what it is about. It is conducted for the benefit of the very few at the expense of the masses.
War is something of man's own fostering, and if all mankind renounces it, then it is no longer there.
War is by no means something glamorous, and I don't think that should ever be forgotten.
War is a fundamental aspect of human existence. It's good to know what war entails and what the human sacrifice is.
People have a very political way of looking at war, and that's understandable.
War seems to be one of the most salutary phenomena for the culture of human nature; and it is not without regret that I see it disappearing more and more from the scene.