The simple reason why wars never settle anything!

It would be interesting to do a thorough research to see what the generational progression of the factions at war tends to be?

Taking two wars for example; the American Civil War and World War II. The side that declare victory do not do so with a promise by the vanquished to change their position. They were simply defeated. They go back home and retain their position. They share that position with their children, who in turn maintain the same position and share with their children. 200 years later, we wonder why we are beginning to see the very same arguments and positions that led to those wars, many decades prior. The issues return in slight variations and we are not yet at war, but they are very clearly those exact same positions. If one was to map and trace the ancestry of the proponents of today’s position, you will find that their ancestors likely held those same views and although they may have lost those wars, we are now back fighting those exact same positions yet again

We talk about “the war to end all wars”. Well, quite simply, it hasn’t

War is simply a form of lashing out. It never achieves any lasting objective. So, what do you do if you’re attacked? Lay down and be slaughtered or fight back? In all instances, you probably have to fight back. So, how do we prevent wars? or rather, can we prevent wars?

Probably not.

But we must never see war as a solution. It settles nothing – as we can see today, with all those same past issues, past hatred, past intolerance of some folk, it’s all back – it ends nothing.