On War and Its Endless Justifications

“We build a fire in a powder magazine, then double the fire department to put it out. We inflame wild beasts with the smell of blood, and then innocently wonder at the wave of brutal appetite that sweeps the land as a consequence.”
-Mark Twain, 1907 speech

It’s the same old story. Playing with fire and wondering why it burns. 

 

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