"War is unlike life. It's a denial of everything you learn life is. And that's why when you get finished with it, you see that it offers no lessons that can't be better learned in civilian life. You are exposed to horrors you would sooner forget. A disconnect needs to be made to get yourself cleansed." (Robert Graff, as quoted in Neptune Inferno, by James D. Hornfischer)
This is a profound statement. War is a complete negative. It is in its nature completely destructive. Though sometimes necessary to protect our homes, there is no glory in it - at all.
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