Even verily.

One of my favorite books, and it is a beauty, is John Keegan’s “A History of Warfare”, which recounts the tales of the Zulu, Maring, Easter Island, the Mamelukes, Maori, Native N.Americans, Meso-Americans – Aztecs, Maya, Inca, the Persians, Greeks, and Romans of antiquity… and on.

Never was there found a ’start’ to warfare, nor a ‘horizon’ above or below which people, or nations, cease to fight.

In other words, we fight, as an expression of our native character, flawed though it may be.

This fellow puts it differently – War is Fun!

Liberals may cringe, but don’t tell me you don’t remember the exuberance – the rush of liquid heat in your body – playing pretend war, capture the flag, rugby, soccer, football… or even video-games replete with broken bones and bloody carcases, as they are.

Good post, timbuktu.