War does what life does (teaches, deadens, breaks, benumbs) but it does it faster and more profoundly. War is the beauty and horror of life compressed into very short periods of experiential time (decades' worth of suffering and heroism and death crunched into a few weeks, or days) and the evil of men compressed into very small pieces of territory (the fears and hatreds and ambitions of a nation squeezed into dozens of square miles). Everyone who has been through war agrees that it changes the survivor.
War does what life does (teaches, deadens, breaks, benumbs) but it does it faster and more profoundly. War is the beauty and horror of life compressed into very short periods of experiential time (decades' worth of suffering and heroism and death crunched into a few weeks, or days) and the evil of men compressed into very small pieces of territory (the fears and hatreds and ambitions of a nation squeezed into dozens of square miles). Everyone who has been through war agrees that it changes the survivor.
Insightful take. Hadn't thought of it as a compression of time like this but it makes complete sense. Thanks for reading James
Duty and honor- all corrupted by globalist bankers who send young men into a meat grinder as they fund both sides….
Yep. Sad truth. Makes you wonder when the last "noble" war took place?