Open Casualties

The Greek tragic dramatist Aeschylus (525 BC - 456 BC) said...

In war, truth is the first casualty.

So it is that we find ourselves in another war, a new war. Herbert Hoover said, "Old men declare war. But it is the youth that must fight and die." These young people are the very promise of our future. To lose even one young person is a tragedy.

Today's war, the new war is one declared by old men and old women. Today's war is the new 'Civil' war. True to form our new war is one that is dividing our country. It is pitting interested parties against one another. It is a war that is bringing to the fray the most grievous weapon; deceit.

... But it is the young that must fight and die.

Here lies the travesty, the real catastrophe of our new war. That our young will succumb to the ravages of deceit. That they will be trained in the new warfare. That they in turn will believe that only by relying on and promoting fear and ignorance can victory be achieved. Then in turn, when they are old men and women, they will declare yet another new war.

Oxymoron-of-the-day: civil war

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