When They Call For War

April 7th, 2015

I once said, " If war solves all of our problems, shouldn't we have solved all them by now?"

Everyone seems to be so quick for blood. There are some just hungry for a fight.

What too many people think of war are nice neat images like this.

This is the picture of combat. Brave, fit bold men with medals.

The images below are what I see when someone bring up the subject of war. This is what I see every time someone mentions war to me.

The carnage of war.

The lost limbs

The reality of war.

The images above are what I see, a great deal of the time.

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