Why We Fight!!
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It's always a good reminder they called it the "War Department" until after WWII when it got toned down to the "Department of Defense".
Many of the cartridge rounds used in WWII had "WD" stamped on the bottom of the shell rims. It stood for War Department.
"Why we fight" was also the title of one of the climactic episodes of HBO's great "Band of Brothers" miniseries that aired during the fall of 2001. The episode centered around an Easy Company patrol finding one of the German concentration camps which were full of dead or dying Jews and the horror and implications of the Nazi atrocities. The commanding U.S. General imposing martial law and required all able bodied Germans living in the area (male, female, young and old) to manually dispose of all the dead bodies was a nice touch.
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Dept. Of Defense was an intentionally created euphemism because Defense sounds better. Calling it War is too honest and direct. American language is loaded with euphemisms.
We are living through the most peaceful times in history:
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_...nd_lines_reveal_an_increasingly_peaceful.html
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_...nd_lines_reveal_an_increasingly_peaceful.html
A declining murder rate is only one factor and probably a minor one at that when considering 'peace' around the world. Death tolls from wars and pestilence need to be considered first.
Needless to say, with WWI and WWII dominating the 1st half of it, the 20th Century has to be considered the bloodiest in world history, so far. Especially when you consider the tens of millions Mao allowed to starve in China in the 50's.
The 21st century is not off to a good start with political and economic unrest around the globe. Also, you have to consider we have over twice as many humans living on this earth than we did just 30 years ago. Too many babies lead to too many refugees. Too many bodies & souls that need nurture and most of all, resources like food and water that are getting scarce. As human density increases, so does crime and conflict.
Yep, more people equals more wars over resources. It's amazing that the do-gooders (safety Nazis/charity zealots/cure-everything crowd/etc.) in their zeal to keep everyone alive forever don't realize they are creating the conditions for a violent global collapse.
WW1 and WW2 may be bad. But what is worse is a peace that leads to unchecked population growth. Sad that freedom is defined as being free to overpopulate.
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