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Originally Posted by Jane456  Ernest Hemingway has a great quote: "In modern war... you will die or suffer like a dog for no good reason." And i totally agree with him. Look around... Watch the TV news... And try to understand the reasons... Maybe is because we are just pawns on a chess table.
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Jane-You made me look further about the quote
Notes on the Next War:
"They wrote in the old days that it is sweet and fitting to die for ones country. But in modern war there is nothing sweet nor fitting in your dying. You will die like a dog for no good reason"
Hmmm..not sure of his definition of modern war. In some ways the way war is fought is similiar to the past, but in some ways war has become less face to face. The one thing that has remained is that a "reason" is needed to make war "acceptable". In Iraq the "reason" has changed so many times-the initial reason has so far proved to be "faulty" IMO.
I do agree that we are just pawns-well some are higher ranking pieces
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