tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13903909.post7294004539860195058..comments2008-11-24T11:05:47.355ZComments on rabbit + crow blog: "The Blood Of Dresden" by Kurt VonnegutNeal Romanekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14113855829306499200nromanek@gmail.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13903909.post-32601668112532710932008-11-24T11:05:00.000Z2008-11-24T11:05:00.000ZWhen you enter a war, you will commit atrocities. ...When you enter a war, you will commit atrocities. All sides say, "No, not us. We will take the high road."<BR/><BR/>Yes, you too. <BR/><BR/>That really is the great insanity of war - the idea that anyone, on any side, will come out of it without their soul being permanently blackened. I think that believing there is a "just" or "justifiable" war is the very first war crime.<BR/><BR/>There will always be wars. I don't think we'll ever be rid of war. But getting rid of the delusion that you or the world will ever ever come out the better for a war might be possible. I think that would be helpful.Neal Romanekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14113855829306499200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13903909.post-79879622120470717992008-11-24T10:33:00.000Z2008-11-24T10:33:00.000ZDresden was a monstrous war crime like Hiroshima a...Dresden was a monstrous war crime like Hiroshima and Nagasaki and Delhi in 1857.The designated bad guys may be bad,but the good guys are so much worse.9/11 was an inside job.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com