I felt an impossible yearning, to have been there, to have fought evil, at a time before ambiguity,
when "They" were bad and "We" were good. The last "righteous war." One that had to be fought as the possibility of the Nazis gaining world domination was quite simply, not an option that could be entertained.

I have since come to understand that it is that dichotomy, them vs us, that fuels all wars. It is often express religiously... that God is on our side, or that it is God's will that we fight and kill the evildoers.

I realize now that I was yearning to have a sense of meaning that is one of wars most addictive and seductive traits. War is like heroin to many. Its most potent effects are, escape from the mundane life, the rush of feverish emotion at patriotic rallies, the incredible brotherhood of the battlefield which is often more meaningful than marriage, the adulation of those back home, and of course women..

I felt an impossible yearning, to have been there, to have fought evil, at a time before ambiguity,
when "They" were bad and "We" were good. The last "righteous war." One that had to be fought as the possibility of the Nazis gaining world domination was quite simply, not an option that could be entertained.

I have since come to understand that it is that dichotomy, them vs us, that fuels all wars. It is often express religiously... that God is on our side, or that it is God's will that we fight and kill the evildoers.

I realize now that I was yearning to have a sense of meaning that is one of wars most addictive and seductive traits. War is like heroin to many. Its most potent effects are, escape from the mundane life, the rush of feverish emotion at patriotic rallies, the incredible brotherhood of the battlefield which is often more meaningful than marriage, the adulation of those back home, and of course women..