Modern War: The Art of Murder, Theft, and Cultural Destruction

War needs to be split up upon three factors. The nature of war. The means of war, and the reasons of war.

The nature of war

The nature of war used to be an army of warriors fighting an enemy army of warriors on the battlefield. The victorious army would take control of surrounding lands, and subject the defeated people of the land to their own code of law, and tax. War was humane for the most part, and warriors fought with respect and honour, and a code of ethics that respected life as a whole. Sadly this hasn’t been the case for nearly 200 years. The old code of war has been replaced with one mainly utilising aerial bomb tactics to terrorise civilians and attack civilians directly. This includes dropping chemical and nuclear waste ‘dirty bombs’ upon a country’s environment and water ways (this horrible tactic is designed to kill all living animals, including all living human beings who drink the water of the land, and eat the lands agricultural produce). The aerial use of cluster bombs (a huge shell that explodes midair, dropping hundreds of smaller bombs. It’s very effective in murdering all that lives on ground level), and dropping nuclear bombs (the most inhumane weapon ever created, also designed to kill non military targets, and contaminate land for centuries to come).  The focus of war has been taken away from the act of a warrior fighting a warrior, to armed criminals murderously slaying innocent civilians as a primary objective.

The means of war

For the most part war used to be a close and personal affair, hence the term ‘fighting’ in war. With the exception of the bow and arrow, and the Asiatic tribes that exploited the sheer effectiveness of the weapon, Europe centred around using manual hand held weapons for war use. This meant men respected their weapon, their ability to fight, and the enemy. Respect, honour and dignity is what all warrior soldiers, and peasant knew. The dead were retrieved from the battle field, and respect was given to the defeated peoples. The victor didn’t try to destroy the subdued peoples history, heritage, social structure, and faith. In most cases the victor helped further develop the subdued enemy into rebuilding and learnt from the enemy itself.  War was fought with the sword, mace, spear, and even the garden rake.  Skill and courage was required, respect was the backbone, and each and every fighter actually fought with all of their might to prevail. How times change.