SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT WAR

 

SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT  WAR

Personally speaking I hate war. For me it is an ugly word. Its consequences are horrible for all the parties.  Wars in olden days were not so destructive as today because of then less dangerous weapons.

Somebody has rightly said “I know not with what weapons world War III will be fought , but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones. This is true. The nuclear weapons likely to be used in the third world war will create this astonishing situation.

Here are some popular quotations about war:

(1) War is the business of barbarians.

(2) War is a mad game the world so loves to play.

(3) A great war leaves the country with three armies --- an army of cripples, an army of mourners, and an army of thieves,

(4) War is an instrument entirely inefficient toward redressing wrong; and multiplies,  instead of indemnifying losses.

(5) Even toy soldiers should be abolished. We must disarm the nursery!

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G.R.Kanwal

14^th October 2023