Robert C. Koehler: The law of the jungle: our teacher?

Perhaps the primary value of war – from the point of view of national leaders and their loyal followers – is that it places 100 percent of the blame for whatever’s wrong on the other guy: the enemy. And thus there’s no alternative but to kill “him,” which nowadays amounts to slaughtering and dismembering anybody and everybody who lives in his sector of the planet, including children . . . though that part isn’t said out loud.

It's not even “winning” that matters, because in truth there is no winning when it comes to war, just ongoing preparation for the, arming to threaten the peace of the world.”