War has become the acceptable and the norm.

[kentuck]

It is depressing. We are a militaristic society that cannot wait for the next war. Our leaders talk about putting "boots on the ground" in yet another country. How much better would this world be today if George W Bush had not invaded Iraq? The butterfly flapped its wings in the Middle East and a hurricane happened in American politics.

[KG]

1. esp if your fave prez is in da 'house

[madokie]

2. War is an admission of failure

it should be as a last resort not as a first line of options

[CrispyQ]

3. "War doesn't determine who's right, only who's left."

Not sure who said that. It's been attributed to a few people.

[madokie]

4. so true

[Orrex]

5. "It makes no difference what men think of war, said the judge."

It makes no difference what men think of war, said the judge. War endures. As well ask men what they think of stone. War was always here. Before man was, war waited for him. The ultimate trade waiting its ultimate practitioner. That is the way it was and will be. That way and not some other way.

From Blood Meridian

[Stuart G]

6. War has gone on and on..

I did some research on this once..I wish I could give a source but I recall reading that there has been some kind of war going on somewhere on earth..every 3 years.. (a different one).. since before the birth of Christ..

[riderinthestorm]

7. +1000 nt

[whatthehey]

8. And yet we are in the middle of a remarkably peaceful time in history

http://knowmore.washingtonpost.com/2015/05/29/heres-how-many-people-have-died-in-war-in-the-last-600-years/

I think we are at much the same situation as are those thinking that abductions or crime against children has massively increased in the last couple of generations. It's difficult to distinguish between the frequency of occurrence and the frequency of information dissemination.

[Calculating]

9. War is profitable

So long as we live in a profit driven society it will never end.

[Iggo]

10. It's a sport.

This country is sick.

[Initech]

11. Eisenhower warned us about this when he left office.

Fuck the military industrial complex.